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87th Regiment of Foot
Active 1779–1783
Country Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
Branch Flag of the British Army British Army
Type Infantry
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Lt-col. George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea

The 87th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised to help garrison the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.

History[]

The regiment was raised at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire by George Waldegrave in July 1779.[1] It was despatched to the Leeward Islands under the command of Lieutenant-colonel George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, arriving in January 1780.[1] It returned home in 1783 at the end of hostilities and was disbanded at Coventry in April that year.[1]

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