The Regular Infantry of the British Army

The regiments until 1751

The Seven Years’ War

The American War of Independence

The Wars of the Coalitions and the Napoleonic Wars

From the Napoleonic Wars to the 1881 Reorganisation

The Regiments in 1880

The Reorganisation of 1881

The Regiments in 1881

The Regiments raised during the Second Boer War

The Battalions in 1914

The Battalions raised during the Great War

The Changes between the World Wars

The Regiments in 1939


The Regiments raised during World War II

 
HighlandASH The Highland Regiment
 
 
Lowland The Lowland Regiment
 
 
Cyprus The Cyprus Regiment
 
 
LRDG The Long Range Dessert Group
 
 
SAS The Special Air Service Regiment
 
 
PPA No. 1 Demolition Squadron,
Popski’s Private Army
 
 
Palestine The Palestine Regiment
 
 
GliderPilot The Glider Pilot Regiment
 
 
PARA The Parachute Regiment
 
 
RSR The Raiding Support Regiment
 
 
VForce V Force
 

Changes from 1958 to 1962

The Brigades in 1963

Changes from 1964 to 1970

The Regiments in 1971

Options for change: 1992 to 1994

The Regiments in 1995

Changes from 2003 to 2007

The Regiments in 2008

The Regiments in 2023

Alphabetic List of the Regiments