74th Regiment of Foot
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Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 74th Regiment of Foot:
- 74th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)74th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)The 74th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1762 to 1768.It was originally raised as a regiment of invalids in March 1762, and numbered the 117th Foot; it was renumbered as the 74th the following year, and disbanded in 1768.-References:*, regiments.org...
, renumbered from the 117th in 1762 and disbanded in 1768 - 74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot74th Regiment of (Highland) FootThe 74th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment raised to fight in the American Revolution. In December 1777, John Campbell of Barbreck received letters of service from King George III to raise a regiment of infantry in the county of Argyll for service in the regular army...
, raised in 1777 and disbanded in 1784 - 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot74th (Highland) Regiment of FootThe 74th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 71st Regiment of Foot to form the Highland Light Infantry.-Service history:...
(Campbell's Highlanders), raised in 1787 and amalgamated into the Highland Light Infantry in 1881