105th Regiment of Foot
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Four regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 105th Regiment of Foot:
- 105th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Highlanders)105th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Highlanders)The 105th Regiment of Foot was a short-lived British line infantry regiment. It was raised in Perthshire by Maj-Gen David Graeme as a two-battalion regiment on 15th October 1760, by converting independent companies - its name was in honour of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who had already been...
, raised in 1760 - 105th Regiment of FootVolunteers of IrelandThe Volunteers of Ireland was a British provincial military unit during the American Revolutionary War which was added to the British regular army....
, raised in America and placed on the British establishment as the 105th Foot in 1782 - 105th Regiment of Foot, raised in 1784 and disbanded in 1785
- 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)The 105th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The King's Own Light Infantry ....
, raised by the East India Company and placed on the British establishment as the 105th Foot in 1862