List of British Army regiments (1881)

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This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms.

Contents

1 Cavalry 1.1 Household Cavalry 1.2 Line Cavalry 2 Support Arms 3 Infantry 3.1 Foot Guards 3.2 Line Infantry (In order of precedence) 4 Services

Cavalry

Household Cavalry

• • 1st Life Guards
  • 2nd Life Guards
  • Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)

Line Cavalry

• • 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
  • 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
  • 3rd (The Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
  • 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
  • 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
  • 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
  • 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
  • 1st (Royal) Dragoons
  • 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
  • 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
  • 4th (The Queen's Own) Hussars
  • 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
  • 6th (Iniskilling) Dragoons
  • 7th (The Queen's Own) Hussars
  • 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars
  • 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers
  • 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
  • 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
  • 12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
  • 13th Hussars
  • 14th (The King's) Hussars
  • 15th (The King's) Hussars
  • 16th (The Queen's) Lancers
  • 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
  • 18th Hussars
  • 19th Hussars
  • 20th Hussars
  • 21st Hussars

Support Arms

• • Royal Regiment of Artillery
  • Corps of Royal Engineers
  • Royal Horse Artillery

Infantry

Foot Guards

• • Grenadier Guards
  • Coldstream Guards
  • Scots Guards

Line Infantry (In order of precedence)

• • The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
    • 1st (The Royal) Regiment of Foot
  • The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
    • 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
  • The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
    • 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot
  • The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
    • 4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot
  • The Northumberland Fusiliers
    • 5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
    • 6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
    • 7th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
    • 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
  • The Norfolk Regiment
    • 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
  • The Lincolnshire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for WWII service
    • 10th (The North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Devonshire Regiment
    • 11th (The North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Suffolk Regiment
    • 12th (The East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
  • The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)
    • 13th (1st Somersetshire)(Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
  • The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
    • 14th (Buckinghamshire, The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot
  • The East Yorkshire Regiment
    • 15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot
  • The Bedfordshire Regiment
    • 16th (The Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Leicestershire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for WWII service
    • 17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Royal Irish Regiment
    • 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot
  • The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
    • 19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding - Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot
  • The Lancashire Fusiliers
    • 20th (The East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Royal Scots Fusiliers
    • 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
  • The Cheshire Regiment
    • 22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Royal Welsh Fusiliers - restored archaic spelling of Welsh (Welch) in 1921
    • 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
  • The South Wales Borderers
    • 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The King's Own Borderers
    • 25th (The York) Regiment of Foot (King's Own Borderers)
  • The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)
    • 26th (The Cameronians) Regiment of Foot
    • 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry)
  • The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
    • 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot
    • 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)
  • The Gloucestershire Regiment
    • 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
    • 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Worcestershire Regiment
    • 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
    • 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The East Lancashire Regiment
    • 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiemnt of Foot
    • 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot)
  • The East Surrey Regiment
    • 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot
  • The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
    • 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
    • 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
    • 33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot
    • 76th Regiment of Foot
  • The Border Regiment
    • 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot
    • 55th (Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot
  • The Royal Sussex Regiment
    • 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot
    • 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)
  • The Hampshire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for WWII service
    • 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The South Staffordshire Regiment
    • 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
  • The Dorsetshire Regiment
    • 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
  • The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
    • 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 82nd (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
  • The Welsh Regiment
    • 41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot
    • 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
    • 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch
    • 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
    • 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
    • 52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
  • The Essex Regiment
    • 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot
    • 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot
  • The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
    • 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
    • 47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
    • 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
  • The Northamptonshire Regiment
    • 48th (The Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 58th (The Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot
  • Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)
    • 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)(Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
    • 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
    • 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot
  • The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
    • 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot
    • 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)
  • The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)
    • 53rd (The Shropshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 85th (The King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
  • The (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment
    • 57th (The West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
    • 77th (The East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
  • The King's Royal Rifle Corps
    • 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiemnt of Foot
  • The (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment
    • 67th (The Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarckshire) Regiment of Foot
  • The Manchester Regiment
    • 63rd (The West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
    • 96th Regiment of Foot
  • The (Prince of Wales's) North Staffordshire Regiment
    • 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot
  • The York and Lancaster Regiment
    • 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot
    • 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot
  • The Durham Light Infantry
    • 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
    • 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)
  • The Highland Light Infantry
    • 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
    • 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot
  • Seaforth Highlanders (Duke of Albany's/Ross-shire Buffs)
    • 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
    • 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs)
  • The Gordon Highlanders
    • 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
    • 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • The Royal Irish Rifles
    • 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot
    • 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot
  • Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
    • 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
    • 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot
  • The Connaught Rangers
    • 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)
    • 94th Regiment of Foot
  • Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders)
    • 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot
    • 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
  • The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
    • 104th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadians) Regiment of Foot
    • 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)
  • The Royal Munster Fusiliers
    • 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
    • 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)
  • The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
    • 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
    • 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)

• • The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)
  • 1st West India Regiment
  • 2nd West India Regiment

Services

• • Commissariat and Transport Corps
  • Army Hospital Corps
  • Army Ordnance Corps
  • Corps of Military Mounted Police
  • Corps of Army Schoolmasters
  • Army Chaplain's Department
  • Army Pay Department
  • Army Veterinary Department
  • Army Nursing Service

See also: List of British Army regiments (1881), 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers), 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, 1881, 1921, 1946, 1st West India Regiment, 21st Hussars