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73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)

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Infantry regiment of the British Army For other units with the same regimental number, see 73rd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).

The 73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1762 to 1768.

History

The regiment was originally raised as a regiment of invalids in February 1762, and numbered the 116th Foot; it was renumbered as the 73rd the following year, and disbanded in 1769.

References

  1. "73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
Regiments of foot 1740–1881

Regimental titles in italics indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.


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