For other units with the same regimental number, see 87th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).
87th Regiment of Foot | |
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Active | 1779–1783 |
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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]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "87th Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051227003831/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/087-779.htm. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
The original article can be found at 87th Regiment of Foot (1779) and the edit history here.