1/80 Regiment of Foot
1 Battalion 80 Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)
Unit Histories
| 09-May-1758 |
09-May-1758 |
Created |
as an experimental unit known as 1 Battalion 80 Regiment of Light-Armed Foot by Thomas Gage for service in North America |
| 30-Jun-1763 ? |
30-Jun-1763 ? |
Disbanded |
sometime in 1763 |
| 05-Jan-1778 |
05-Jan-1778 |
Reformed |
for service in North America as 1 Battalion 80 Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Voluntiers) by Sir William Erskine of Torrie. |
| 30-Jun-1783 ? |
30-Jun-1783 ? |
Disbanded |
sometime in 1783 |
| 12-Sep-1793 |
12-Sep-1793 |
Reformed |
by Lord Paget |
| 30-Jun-1802 ? |
30-Jun-1802 ? |
Renamed |
1 Battalion 80 Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) after absorbing the Staffordshire Volunteers (formed in 1798) |
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Converted to |
2 The South Staffordshire Regiment |
| Number of Records Returned: 7 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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