92nd Regiment of Foot (1779)
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For other units with the same regimental number, see 92nd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).
92nd Regiment of Foot | |
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Active | 1779–1783 |
Country | Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Infantry |
Commanders | |
Colonel of the Regiment | Lt-Col. Hon. James Stuart-Wortley |
Military unit
The 92nd Regiment of Foot, also known as the Yorkshire Rangers, was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in 1779 to provide garrison troops for the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.[1]
The colonel-commandant of the regiment was Lt-Col. Hon. James Stuart-Wortley, second son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.
After spending several years stationed in Jamaica, the regiment was disbanded in England after the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
References
[edit]- ^ "92nd Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007.