117th Regiment of Foot (1794)
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The 117th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment
of the British Army
, formed in 1794 by the regimentation of independent companies and disbanded in 1796. Its personnel were formed into the Argyllshire Militia.
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
of the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
, formed in 1794 by the regimentation of independent companies and disbanded in 1796. Its personnel were formed into the Argyllshire Militia.