69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot
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The 69th Regiment of Foot was an infantry
regiment of the British Army
, formed in 1758 and amalgamated into The Welsh Regiment in 1881.
The regiment was raised by the redesignation of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot in April 1758, ranked as the 69th Regiment of Foot. In 1782 they took a county title as the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot.
Infantry
Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...
regiment 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 1758 and amalgamated into The Welsh Regiment in 1881.
The regiment was raised by the redesignation of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot in April 1758, ranked as the 69th Regiment of Foot. In 1782 they took a county title as the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot.