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Military unit
The
71st Regiment of Foot
was a regiment in the British Army from 1758 to 1763.
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It was formed in northern Scotland on 28 April 1758 from the 2nd Battalion of the
32nd Regiment of Foot
and
took part in the
Raid on Cherbourg
in 1758 and in the capture of
Belle Isle
off the French coast in 1761. The regiment was disbanded in 1763.
Regimental Colonels
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- 1758?1763: William Petitot
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Regimental titles in
italics
indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.
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