126th Regiment of Foot
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The 126th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment
of the British Army
, created in 1794 and disbanded in 1796.
It was raised under the colonelcy of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris, 8th Viscount Valentia.
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...
, created in 1794 and disbanded in 1796.
It was raised under the colonelcy of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris, 8th Viscount Valentia.