1/97 Regiment of Foot
1 Battalion 97 Regiment of Foot
Unit Histories
| 20-Aug-1760 |
20-Aug-1760 |
Created |
from independent companies by James Stuart |
| 30-Jun-1763 ? |
30-Jun-1763 ? |
Disbanded |
sometime in 1763 |
| 10-Apr-1780 |
10-Apr-1780 |
Reformed |
by Samuel Stanton |
| 30-Jun-1784 ? |
30-Jun-1784 ? |
Disbanded |
sometime in 1784 |
| 08-Feb-1794 |
08-Feb-1794 |
Reformed |
as marines as Strathspey Highland Regiment (aka Inverness-shire Highlanders) |
| 24-Dec-1795 |
24-Dec-1795 |
Disbanded |
Flank companies to 42 Regiment of Foot while volunteers went to the Royal Marines |
| 30-Jun-1798 ? |
30-Jun-1798 ? |
Reformed |
sometime in 1798 in Minorca from Swiss regiments taken prisoner there |
| 30-Jun-1803 ? |
30-Jun-1803 ? |
Renamed |
1 Battalion 97 Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Germans) sometime in 1803 |
| 23-Feb-1816 ? |
23-Feb-1816 ? |
Converted to |
1/96 Regiment of Foot |
| 23-Feb-1816 |
23-Feb-1816 |
Converted from |
1/98 Regiment of Foot |
| 30-Jun-1818 ? |
30-Jun-1818 ? |
Disbanded |
sometime in 1818 |
| 25-Mar-1824 |
25-Mar-1824 |
Reformed |
as 1 Battalion 97 (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot |
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Converted to |
2 The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment |
| Number of Records Returned: 13 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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