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93rd Regiment of Foot (1780)

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For other units with the same regimental number, see 93rd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).
93rd Regiment of Foot
Active1780–1783
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Col. William McCormick
Military unit

The 93rd Regiment of Foot was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in 1780 to provide garrison troops for the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.

The colonel-commandant of the regiment was Colonel William McCormick.

After several years stationed in Jamaica the regiment was disbanded in England after the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

References

  1. "93rd Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007.
Regiments of foot 1740–1881

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

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