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103rd Regiment of Foot (Volunteer Hunters)

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103rd Regiment of Foot
Active1760–1760
Country Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch British Army
TypeLine Infantry
RoleInfantry
SizeOne battalion
EngagementsSeven Years' War
Military unit

The 103rd Regiment of Foot (Volunteer Hunters) was a British Army regiment formed at Bury St Edmunds in October 1760. It took part, alongside the Royal Marines, in the Capture of Belle Île in April 1761 during the Seven Years' War. It was then disbanded in England in 1763.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Oswald was its colonel from 1761 to 1763.

References

  1. ^ "103rd Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 June 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Royal Marines History and Traditional Facts" (PDF). Marine Society & Sea Cadet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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Regiments of foot 1740–1881

Regimental titles in italics indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.

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