Article 2: The Infantry Regiments in 1881

GUARDS

Grenadier Guards, 3 Battalions

Coldstream Guards, 2 Battalions

Scots Guards, 2 Battalions

RIFLES

Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 4 Battalions

The Rifle Brigade, 4 Battalions

LINE INFANTRY

On the 30^th June 1881 the whole of the line infantry were reorganised into territorial regiments, the list below shows their pre-1881 number with their post-1881 territorial title. The first twenty five regiments had two battalions each.

1^st Regiment of Foot….The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

2^nd Regiment of Foot….Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

3^rd Regiment of Foot….The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

4^th Regiment of Foot….Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

5^th Regiment of Foot….Northumberland Fusiliers

6^th Regiment of Foot….Royal Warwickshire Regiment

7^th Regiment of Foot….Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

8^th Regiment of Foot….The Kings (Liverpool Regiment)

9^th Regiment of Foot….Norfolk Regiment

10^th Regiment of Foot….Lincolnshire Regiment

11^th Regiment of Foot….Devonshire Regiment of Foot

12^th Regiment of Foot….Suffolk Regiment

13^th Regiment of Foot….Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry)

14^th Regiment of Foot….Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

15^th Regiment of Foot….East Yorkshire Regiment

16^th Regiment of Foot….Bedfordshire Regiment

17^th Regiment of Foot….Leicestershire Regiment

18^th Regiment of Foot….Royal Irish Regiment

19^th Regiment of Foot….Princess of Wales’ Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

20^th Regiment of Foot….Lancashire Fusiliers

21^st Regiment of Foot….Royal Scots Fusiliers

22^nd Regiment of Foot….Cheshire Regiment

23^rd Regiment of Foot….Royal Welsh Fusiliers

24^th Regiment of Foot….South Wales Borderers

25^th Regiment of Foot….Kings Own Borderers

The regiments numbered after the 25^th had only one battalion. One of the aims of the 1881 changes was to link pairs of these regiments together to form a new regiment with two battalions.

26^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

27^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

28^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Gloucester Regiment

29^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

30^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment

31^st Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion East Surrey Regiment

32^nd Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

33^rd Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

34^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, The Border Regiment

35^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

36^th Regiment of Foot….2^nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

37^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

38^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

39^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

40^th Regiment o f Foot….1^st Battalion, Prince of Wales’ Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

41^st Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Welsh Regiment

42^nd Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

43^rd Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry

44^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion Essex Regiment

45^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)

46^th Regiment of Foot….2^nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

47^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

48^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

49^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Berkshire Regiment)

50^th Regiment of Foot….1^st Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

51^st Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)

52^nd Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry

53^rd Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)

54^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

55^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, The Border Regiment

56^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Essex Regiment

57^th Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)

58^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment

59^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment

60^th Regiment of Foot…. Kings Royal Rifle Corps

61^st Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

62^nd Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)

63^rd Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Manchester Regiment

64^th Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Prince of Wale’ (North Staffordshire Regiment)

65^th Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

66^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Berkshire Regiment)

67^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

68^th Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

69^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment

70^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

71^st Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry

72^nd Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)

73^rd Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

74^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry

75^th Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

76^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment

77^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)

78^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)

79^th Regiment of Foot…. 1^st  Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

80^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

81^st Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

82^nd Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Prince of Wales’ Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

83^rd Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

84^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

85^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)

86^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

87^th Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers)

88^th Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Connaught Rangers

89^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers)

90^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

91^st Regiment of Foot…. 1^st Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

92^nd Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

93^rd Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

94^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers

95^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)

96^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment

97^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

98^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Prince of Wales’ (North Staffordshire Regiment)

99^th Regiment of Foot…. 2^nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)

100^th Regiment of Foot… 1^st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)

101^st Regiment of Foot… 1^st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers

102^nd Regiment of Foot… 1^st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers

103^rd Regiment of Foot… 2^nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

104^th Regiment of Foot… 2^nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers

105^th Regiment of Foot… 2^nd Battalion, King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)

106^th Regiment of Foot… 2^nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

107^th Regiment of Foot… 2^nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment

108^th Regiment of Foot… 2^nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

109^th Regiment of Foot… 2^nd Battalion, Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)