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75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment)

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Infantry regiment of the British Army For other units with the same regimental number, see 75th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).
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The 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1778 to 1783.

The regiment was raised in Wales in January 1778 and named after the future King George IV. Apart from some officers seconded to North America, the regiment remained based in Wales until it was disbanded in 1783.

Regimental Colonels

References

  1. "75th Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
Regiments of foot 1740–1881

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

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