1/85 Regiment of Foot
1 Battalion 85 Regiment of Foot
Unit Histories
| 21-Jul-1759 |
21-Jul-1759 |
Created |
as 1 Battalion 85 Regiment of Foot (Royal Voluntiers), organised as Light Infantry, by the Honourable John Craufurd. |
| 15-Jun-1763 ? |
15-Jun-1763 ? |
Disbanded |
sometime in 1763 |
| 03-Feb-1777 |
03-Feb-1777 |
Reformed |
in Scotland by William Dalrymple for service in Jamaica |
| 15-Jun-1783 ? |
15-Jun-1783 ? |
Disbanded |
by this date after the majority had been drafted to other regiments and some had been lost in the sinking of the French prize "Ville de Paris". |
| 18-Nov-1793 |
18-Nov-1793 |
Reformed |
as 1 Battalion 85 Regiment of Foot at Buckingham |
| 15-Jun-1802 ? |
15-Jun-1802 ? |
Renamed |
1 Battalion 85 (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot after absorbing the Bucks Volunteers sometime in 1802 |
| 15-Jun-1808 ? |
15-Jun-1808 ? |
Renamed |
1 Battalion 85 (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) sometime in 1808 |
| 11-Apr-1821 |
11-Apr-1821 |
Renamed |
1 Battalion 85 (or The Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers) |
| 27-Aug-1827 |
27-Aug-1827 |
Renamed |
1 Battalion 85 The King's Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers) |
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Converted to |
2 The King's Shropshire Light Infantry |
| Number of Records Returned: 10 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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