118th Regiment of Foot

Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 118th Regiment of Foot:

*Originally an infantry regiment of the British Army was formed in 1761 by the regimentation of independent companies and disbanded in 1762. [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/118.htm 118th Regiment of Foot] ]
*An infantry regiment, also known as Fingall's Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in October 1794 by Colonel Richard Wogan Talbot and disbanded in October 1795. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/topictermdetail.asp?fldAFGroup=4&fldAFTermID=11053 118th Regiment of Foot] , National Archives Catalogue index.] It saw service as marines (shipboard infantry) at the Battle of Groix in June 1795, losing a number of men. ["The Naval History of Great Britain", vol. 1, by William James. 1837. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Vol_I/P_248.html Online copy] ] On disbandment, its soldiers were transferred to the 86th Foot.
*The 75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids), originally numbered the 118th Foot, was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1762 to 1768. It was originally raised as a regiment of invalids in June 1762, by John Lind, it was renumbered as the 75th the following year, and disbanded in 1768 or 1769. [ [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075-762i.htm 75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)] ] [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/topictermdetail.asp?fldAFGroup=4&fldAFTermID=11391 75th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot] , National Archives Catalogue index.] [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/topictermdetail.asp?fldAFGroup=4&fldAFTermID=12502 118th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot] , National Archives Catalogue index.]

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