92nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)

92nd Regiment of Foot (1779)

92nd Regiment of Foot (1779)

Military unit

For other units with the same regimental number, see 92nd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).

The 92nd Regiment of Foot, also known as the Yorkshire Rangers, was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in 1779 to provide garrison troops for the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.[1]

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The colonel-commandant of the regiment was Lt-Col. Hon. James Stuart-Wortley, second son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.

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

References

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    "92nd Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007.
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