This is a list of British units which took part in the

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(1775–1783), fighting against the American rebels and their

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and

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allies in the thirteen North American colonies, including battles in

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and the

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. In addition to the regular army the list includes German auxiliary units (known collectively as Hessians), and militia and provincial units formed from

Loyalists Loyalism, in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and its former colonies, refers to the allegiance to the British crown or the United Kingdom. In North America, the most common usage of the term refers to loyalty to the British Cro ...

, West Indians, and Canadians. No

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s were ever awarded to British regiments who fought in America as it was seen by the British to be a

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. Four battle honours were, however, awarded for actions against the French and Spanish in the West Indies and other theatres. Of the British Army regiments raised during the war, primarily for military service in North America or the Caribbean, only three, the

23rd Light Dragoons The 23rd Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army which existed several times. 1st existence It was created in 1781 as the 23rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons by Sir John Burgoyne, Bt. at Bedford but renumbered in 1786 as the 19t ...

and the 73rd and

78th Foot The 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish regiment, Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with 72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders to form the Seaforth Highla ...

, survived the post-war reductions in the Army. The 23rd Light Dragoons (later the 19th Light Dragoons) served in India until 1806; the 73rd (renumbered 71st in 1786) later became part of the

Highland Light Infantry The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fus ...

while the 78th (renumbered 72nd in 1786) became part of the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) in 1881. The newly raised 85th Foot, 86th Foot, 87th Foot, 88th Foot, 89th Foot,

90th Foot The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry was a Scottish light infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 18 ...

, 91st Foot, 92nd Foot, 93rd Foot,

94th Foot The 94th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised as the Scotch Brigade in October 1794. It was renumbered as the 94th Regiment of Foot in December 1802 and disbanded in December 1818. The regiment was reformed in Decemb ...

and

99th Foot The 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1824. It amalgamated with the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) in 1881. History Formation The ...

were stationed on garrison duty in the

. All were disbanded at the end of the war. Infantry units which remained in the British Isles during the war included the 2nd Foot (Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)), the

11th Foot The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. In 1958 ...

(Devonshires), the

12th Foot The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army with a history dating back to 1685. It saw service for three centuries, participating in many wars and conflicts, including the First and Second World Wars, before bein ...

(Suffolk), the 25th Foot (King's Own Scottish Borderers) at Sussex, the

32nd Foot The 32nd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1881. History ...

at Cornwall, the 36th Foot at Herefordshire, the 39th Foot at East Middlesex, the

41st Foot The 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1719. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Welch Regiment in 1881. History Early hist ...

, the 51st Foot and the

81st Foot The 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot to form the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in ...

. The

, the 83rd Foot and the

95th Foot The 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, raised in 1823. Under the Childers Reforms, it amalgamated with the 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters in 1881 ...

were stationed in

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, where they defeated a French invasion of the island in 1781 (the

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). Other regiments were in service in India or Gibraltar.

British Regular Army

Artillery

Royal Regiment of Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...

** 4th Battalion (battalion raised and based in the

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) * Royal Irish Regiment of Artillery (did not fight as a unit, but as drafts for British forces)

Cavalry

16th The Queen's Lancers The 16th The Queen's Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1759. It saw service for two centuries, before being amalgamated with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers to form the 16th/5th Lancers in 1922. History Early wars ...

a.k.a. the 16th (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons * 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

Infantry

Foot Guards

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(raised from drafts of

1st Regiment of Foot Guards "Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it." , colors = , colors_label = , march = Slow: " Scipio" , mascot = , equipment = , equipment ...

, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, and

3rd Regiment of Foot Guards The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced back to 1642, although it was only placed on the ...

) * 1st Battalion * 2nd Battalion

Line Infantry Line infantry was the type of infantry that composed the basis of European land armies from the late 17th century to the mid-19th century. Maurice of Nassau and Gustavus Adolphus are generally regarded as its pioneers, while Turenne and Mon ...

British Regulars {{no footnotes, date=August 2015 Commonly used to describe the Napoleonic era British foot soldiers, the British Regulars were known for their distinct red uniform and well-disciplined combat performance. Known famously in British folklore as the ' ...

* 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot * 3rd Regiment of Foot or "Buffs" and "Royal East Kent Regiment" * 4th (The King's Own) (Lancaster) Regiment of Foot * 5th Regiment of Foot (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) * 6th Regiment of Foot (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) *

7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in many wars ...

8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot The 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot, also referred to in short as the 8th Foot and the King's, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1685 and retitled the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on 1 July 1881. As infantry of the line, the ...

* 9th Regiment of Foot (East Norfolk Regiment) * 10th Regiment of Foot (Royal Lincolnshire Regiment) * 13th Regiment of Foot (Prince Albert's) (Somerset Light Infantry) * 14th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Own) (West Yorkshire Regiment) * 15th Regiment of Foot (Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot) (East Yorkshire Regiment) *

16th Regiment of Foot The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was originally formed in 1688. After centuries of service in many conflicts and wars, including both the First and Second World W ...

17th Regiment of Foot 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...

* 18th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot *

19th Regiment of Foot 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full r ...

* 20th Regiment of Foot *

21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fusiliers) The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Ma ...

* 22nd Regiment of Foot (Cheshire Regiment) * 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) *

24th Regiment of Foot Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...

26th Regiment of Foot The 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the Scots Army and subsequently a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, active from 1689 to 1881. Although the regiment took the name of its first colonel as The Earl of ...

* 27th (Enniskillen) Regiment of Foot *

28th Regiment of Foot The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire R ...

29th Regiment of Foot The 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, the Worcestershire Re ...

* 30th Regiment of Foot *

31st Regiment of Foot The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot to form the East Surrey Regiment in 1881. History Origins ...

33rd Regiment of Foot The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division. In 1702, Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he d ...

34th Regiment of Foot The 34th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot to form the Border Regiment in 1881. History Early history The regi ...

35th Regiment of Foot The 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1701. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1881. His ...

37th Regiment of Foot The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Ireland in February 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot to become the Hampshire ...

38th Regiment of Foot The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1705. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) to form the South Staffordshire Regime ...

40th Regiment of Foot The 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) ...

42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch. Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment and numbered 43rd in the line, in 1748, on the disband ...

43rd Regiment of Foot The 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) to form the 1st and 2nd battalions of th ...

44th Regiment of Foot The 44th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot to form the Essex Regiment in 1881. History Early history The regim ...

45th Regiment of Foot The 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1741. The regiment saw action during Father Le Loutre's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War as ...

46th Regiment of Foot The 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1881, b ...

47th Regiment of Foot The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Scotland in 1741. It served in North America during the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War and also fought during the Napoleonic Wars and ...

48th Regiment of Foot The 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1881. History Early h ...

49th Regiment of Foot The 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1743. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Princess ...

50th Regiment of Foot The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot to form the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regime ...

52nd Regiment of Foot The 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a light infantry regiment of the British Army throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries. The regiment first saw active service during the American War of Independence, and were posted to India dur ...

53rd Regiment of Foot The 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 85th (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot to form the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1881. History E ...

54th Regiment of Foot The 54th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1881. History Early history The ...

55th Regiment of Foot The 55th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, raised in 1755. After 1782 it had a county designation added, becoming known as the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 34th (Cu ...

57th Regiment of Foot The 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of line infantry in the British Army, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot to form the Middlesex Regiment in 1881. Hi ...

59th Regiment of Foot The 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1755 in response to the threat of renewed war with France. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment ...

* 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot *

62nd Regiment of Foot The 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was raised in 1756 and saw service through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 99th (Lanarkshire) R ...

63rd Regiment of Foot The 63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms, it amalgamated with the 96th Regiment of Foot to form the Manchester Regiment in 1881. History Formation and service in the Seven Years' War The fo ...

64th Regiment of Foot The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was created as the 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Foot in 1756, redesignated as the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1758, and took a county title ...

* 65th Regiment of Foot *

69th Regiment of Foot The 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot to form the Welch Regiment in 1881. History Formation T ...

* 70th Regiment of Foot (Glasgow Lowland) * 71st Regiment of Foot (Frasers Highlanders) *

74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot The 74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot or 74th Regiment of Foot (Argylshire Highlanders) was a British Army line infantry regiment from 1777 to 1784 which was raised to fight in the American Revolutionary War. History In December 1777, John Campbel ...

* 76th Regiment of Foot (Macdonald's Highlanders) *

79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) The 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, also known as the Liverpool Blues, which served in the Americas during the American War of Independence. In common with other volunteer regiments ...

80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) The 80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) was a regiment in the British Army from 1778 to 1783. It was formed in Edinburgh, Scotland by letter of service in 1778 for service in North America and sailed to New York commanded by lie ...

82nd Regiment of Foot (1777) The 82nd Regiment of Foot was a British army regiment raised for service in the American Revolutionary War. The regiment was raised in Lanarkshire, Scotland on 16 December 1777. It was sent to New York in August 1779 and then to establish and d ...

83rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) The 83rd Regiment of Foot (also called the Royal Glasgow Volunteers) was a British infantry regiment that served in the American Revolutionary War. It was created in 1778 and disbanded in 1783, shortly after the war ended. History Formation In 1 ...

84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) The 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) was a British regiment in the American Revolutionary War that was raised to defend present day Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada from the constant land and sea attacks by American Revolutiona ...

(Loyalist) * 105th Regiment of Foot, (ex

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) * 110th Regiment of Foot, (ex

King's American Regiment The King's American Regiment, also known as the "Associated Refugees", were a Loyalist regiment during the American Revolutionary War. The King's American Regiment was raised on Staten Island in the Province of New York in December 1776 by Colon ...

) ;Regiments stationed in the West Indies * 85th Regiment of Foot (Westminster Volunteers) *

86th Regiment of Foot (Rutland Regiment) The 86th Regiment of Foot (Rutland Regiment) was a British regiment raised for service in the American Revolutionary War. It was raised in England in July 1779 by Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, in the area around Newark, Nottinghamshire ...

* 87th Regiment of Foot (1779) * 88th Regiment of Foot (1779) * 89th Regiment of Foot (1779) *

90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Volunteers) The 90th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. History The regiment was raised in Yorkshire in October 1779 and was posted to the Leeward Islands french: Îles-Sous-le-Vent ...

91st Regiment of Foot (Shropshire Volunteers) The 91st Regiment of Foot (Shropshire Volunteers) had a brief existence as a British Army infantry regiment between 1779 and 1784. It was raised in Shropshire, posted to the West Indies, where much property was destroyed in a hurricane, and disb ...

* 92nd Regiment of Foot (1779) * 93rd Regiment of Foot (1780) *

94th Regiment of Foot (1780) The 94th Regiment of Foot was a British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises ...

99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment) The 99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1780 by Charles Rainsforth and disbanded in 1783. It was raised in the Midlands The Midlands (also referred to as Central England) are a pa ...

H.M. Marine Forces

* 1st Battalion * 2nd Battalion

American establishment

* 1st American Regiment (formerly the

Queen's Rangers The Queen's Rangers, also known as the Queen's American Rangers, and later Simcoe's Rangers, were a Loyalist military unit of the American Revolutionary War. Formed in 1776, they were named for Queen Charlotte, consort of George III. The Queen ...

) (1756–1783) * 2nd American Regiment (formerly the

, placed on British establishment, in 1782, as 105th Regiment of Foot) (1778-1784) * 3rd American Regiment (formerly the

New York Volunteers The New York Volunteers, also known as the New York Companies and 1st Dutchess County Company, was a British Loyalist Provincial regiment, which served with the British Army, during American Revolutionary War. Eventually, the New York Volunteer ...

) (1776-1783) * 4th American Regiment (formerly the

, placed on British establishment, in 1782, possibly as the 110th Regiment of Foot) (1776-1783) * 5th American Regiment (formerly the

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, placed on British establishment, in 1782, as Tarleton's Dragoons) (1777-1782)

American Loyalist units

Provincial Corps

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(1780–1783) * American Volunteers (1779–1780) * Armed Boat Company (1781–1783) * Black Company of Pioneers (also, known as the Black Pioneers, later merged into the Guides and Pioneers in 1778), ( pioneers, another name for military construction engineers) (1777–1778) *

(placed on American establishment in 1781 as 5th American Regiment) (1777–1778) *

Bucks County Dragoons The Bucks County Dragoons, also known as the Bucks County Light Dragoons, were an American Loyalist (American Revolution) unit during the American Revolutionary War. They were raised in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, in February, 1778 an ...

(absorbed by

in 1780) (1778–1780) *

Butler's Rangers Butler's Rangers (1777–1784) was a Loyalist provincial military unit of the American Revolutionary War, raised by American loyalist John Butler. Most members of the regiment were Loyalists from upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania. Th ...

(1777–1784) * Caledonian Volunteers (formed part of the

in 1778) (1777–1778) * Campbell's Dragoons ( South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) *

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(1777–1783) * Claus' Rangers (1775–1783) * Collett's Independent Company (1777) *

De Lancey's Brigade De Lancey's Brigade, also known as De Lancey's Volunteers, De Lancey's Corps, De Lancey's Provincial Corps, De Lancey's Refugees, and the "Cowboys" or "Cow-boys", was a Loyalist British provincial military unit, raised for service during the Ame ...

(1776–1783) * Detroit Volunteers (claimed descent from Roger's Rangers, later became 1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery Regiment,

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) (1778–1783) * Diemar's Troop of Black Hussars (also, known as Diemar's Hussars and Black Hussars),

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s, (

light cavalry Light cavalry comprised lightly armed and armored cavalry troops mounted on fast horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes the warhorses) were heavily armored. The purpose of light cavalry was primarily ...

) (1779–1781) * Duke of Cumberland's Regiment (1781–1783) * Duchess County Company (1776–1777) * Emmerich's Chasseurs (

chasseurs ''Chasseur'' ( , ), a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry () or light cavalry () to denote troops trained for rapid action. History This branch of the French Army ...

) (1777–1779) * Fenwick's Dragoons ( South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) * Forshner's Independent Company (1780–1781) * Georgia Light Dragoons (there was also, a Local Volunteer Corps unit, of the same name) (1779–1781) * Georgia Loyalists (1779–1782) * Governor Wentworth's Volunteers (1777–1781) * Guides and Pioneers (absorbed the Black Company of Pioneers in 1778) (1778–1783) * Harkimer's Batteau Company (1780–1783) * Hierlihy's Corps * James Island Light Dragoons *

King's American Dragoons The King's American Dragoons were a British provincial military unit, raised for Loyalist service during the American Revolutionary War. They were founded by Colonel Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford, in 1781. They were initially formed fro ...

(placed on American establishment, in 1781, as 4th American Regiment, part of the regular,

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) (1776–1783) *

King's Rangers The King's Rangers, also known as the King's American Rangers, was a Loyalist provincial ranger unit raised in Nova Scotia for service during the American Revolutionary War. Formation After Colonel Robert Rogers left the Queen's Rangers in 177 ...

* King's (Carolina) Rangers *

King's Orange Rangers The King's Orange Rangers, also known as the Corps of King's Orange Rangers, were a British Loyalist battalion, raised in 1776 to defend British interests in Orange County, Province of New York and generally in and around the New York colony, ...

King's Royal Regiment of New York The King's Royal Regiment of New York, also known as Johnson's Royal Regiment of New York, King's Royal Regiment, King's Royal Yorkers, and Royal Greens, were one of the first Loyalist regiments, raised on June 19, 1776, in British Canada, duri ...

* Kinloch's Light Dragoons (formed part of the

in 1778) * Locke's Independent Company * Loyal American Rangers (1780–1783) *

Loyal American Regiment The Loyal American Regiment was a British Provincial regiment raised in 1777 for Loyalist service during the American Revolutionary War. The regiment fought in many engagements throughout the war and the men were among the thousands of loyalists ...

* Loyal Foresters * Loyal New Englanders *

Loyal Rangers The Loyal Rangers, or Jessup's Loyal Rangers, was a volunteer regiment of Loyalists in the American Revolution established in 1781 by the amalgamation of several smaller units, including the King's Loyal Americans. They were commanded by Major Edw ...

* Loyal Rhode Islanders *

Maryland Loyalists Battalion The Maryland Loyalists Battalion, referred to in Captain Caleb Jones's orderly book as the First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists, was a British provincial regiment of colonial American Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. American Re ...

* McAlpin's Corps (also, known as McAlpin's Corps of Royalists, absorbed the American Volunteers, King’s Loyal Americans, Queen’s Loyal Rangers, and Adams' Rangers) * Nassau Blues *

Newfoundland Regiment The Royal Newfoundland Regiment (R NFLD R) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 5th Canadian Division's 37 Canadian Brigade Group. Predecessor units trace their origins to 1795, and since 1949 Royal New ...

(placed on British establishment in 1782) * New Hampshire Volunteers *

New Jersey Volunteers (Skinner's Greens) The New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Jersey Volunteers, "Skinners", Skinner's Corps, and Skinner's Greens (due to their green wool uniform coats), were a British provincial military unit of Loyalists, raised for service by Cortlandt Skinner, ...

Newport Artillery Company The Newport Artillery Company of Newport, Rhode Island was chartered in 1741 by the Rhode Island General Assembly during the reign of King George II of Great Britain. It is the oldest military unit in the United States operating under its origi ...

(Rhode Island) 1741 *

(placed on American establishment, as 3rd American Regiment in 1779) * North Carolina Highlanders * North Carolina Independent Company * North Carolina Independent Dragoons * Pennsylvania Loyalists * Philadelphia Light Dragoons (formed part of the

in 1778) * Prince of Wales's American Volunteers * Provincial Light Infantry *

(placed on American establishment, in 1779, as 1st American Regiment, descended from Roger's Rangers) *

Roman Catholic Volunteers Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

(1777–1778) *

Royal American Reformers Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a ci ...

* Royal Fencible Americans *

Royal Garrison Battalion Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a cit ...

(placed on British establishment in 178 * Royal Georgia Volunteers * Royal Highland Emigrants (placed on British establishment in 1779 as 84th Foot) * Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment * Saint John's Volunteers * Starkloff's Dragoons ( South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) * South Carolina Rangers * South Carolina Royalists * Stewart's Troop of Light Dragoons * Van Alstine's Batteau Company *

(absorbed the

and

New Jersey Volunteers The New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Jersey Volunteers, "Skinners", Skinner's Corps, and Skinner's Greens (due to their green wool uniform coats), were a British provincial military unit of Loyalists, raised for service by Cortlandt Skinner, ...

and placed on American establishment, in 1779, as 2nd American Regiment, part of the regular,

) (1778–1782) * Volunteers of New England * West Florida Royal Foresters * West Jersey Volunteers

Militia A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...

* Charleston Militia (1780–1782) * Charleston Volunteer Battalion (1780–1782) * Detroit Militia (1775–1784) * East Florida Militia (1776–1783) * Georgia Artillery (1781–1782) *

Georgia Militia The Georgia Militia existed from 1733 to 1879. It was originally planned by General James Oglethorpe prior to the founding of the Province of Georgia, the British colony that would become the U.S. state of Georgia. One reason for the founding of th ...

(1779–1782) * German Independent Company, (part of

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) (1776–?) * Independent Troop of Black Dragoons (also, known as Black Pioneer Troop) (1782) * Loyal Commissariat Volunteers (1779–1782) * Loyal Ordnance Volunteers (1780) * Loyal Volunteers of the City of New York (also, known as

) (1776–1783) *

Massachusetts Militia This is a list of militia units of the Colony and later Commonwealth of Massachusetts. *Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (1638) * Cogswell's Regiment of Militia (April 19, 1775) *Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia (April 20 ...

(1775–1783) * Massachusetts Volunteers (1777–1783) * McDonald's Company of Volunteers (1778) * Minorca Volunteer Company (part of East Florida Militia) (1777–?) *

New Jersey Militia The New Jersey Line was a formation within the Continental Army. A "New Jersey Line" was the quota of numbered infantry regiments that the Congress of the Confederacy assigned to New Jersey at various times. New Jersey Line, 1776 The first two ...

(1776–1777) *

(1776–1783) * New York Independent Highland Volunteers (1776–1783) * New York Marine Artillery Company (1780–1783) *

New York Militia The New York Guard (NYG) is the state defense force of New York State, also called The New York State Military Reserve. Originally called the New York State Militia it can trace its lineage back to the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Th ...

(1776–1783) *

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(1776–1783) *

North Carolina Militia North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

(1781–1782) *

Nova Scotia Militia A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramat ...

(1775–1784) *

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(1776–1781) * Quebec City Militia (1775–1783) * Quebec Militia (1775–1783) * Saint Johns County Volunteers (1781) * South Carolina Militia (1775–1782) * South Carolina Volunteers (1781–1782) * Westchester Chasseurs (

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s (

) (1777) * West Florida Militia (1778–1781)

Local Volunteer Corps

* Adams Company of Rangers (also, known as Adams' Rangers) (1777–1780) * Bay Fusiliers (also, known as Mosquito Shore Volunteers and Black River Volunteers) (1779–?) * Bucks County Volunteers (1778–1783) * Detroit Volunteers (1778–1783) * Dunlop's Corps (1780–1781) * East Florida Rangers (1776–1779) * East Florida Volunteers (1777–1780) *

Ethiopian Regiment The Ethiopian Regiment, better known as Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment, was a British colonial military unit organized during the American Revolution by the Earl of Dunmore, last Royal Governor of Virginia. Composed of formerly enslaved peopl ...

(1775–1776) * Georgia Light Dragoons (there was also, a Provincial Corps unit, of the same name) (1781–1782) * Georgia Rangers (1773–1776) * Georgia Rifle Dragoons (1779) * King's Dock Yard Volunteers (1780) * King's Loyal Americans (1776–1781) * Loyal Volunteers of the City of New York, under the command of Mayor

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* Mackay's Corps (also, known as Mackay’s Corps of Royalists, Pfister's Corps of Royalists, and Leake's Corps of Royalists) (1777–1781) * Mayor's Independent Company of Volunteers of

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under the command of Loyalist Mayor David Mathews * McAlpin's Corps of Royalists (also, known as McAlpin's Corps and American Volunteers) (1777–1781) * Mosquito Shore Volunteers (also, known as Bay Fusiliers and Black River Volunteers) (1779–?) * Natchez Volunteers (1781) * Negro Volunteers (1779) * Newfoundland Volunteers (1779–1980) * North Carolina Volunteers (1776) * Queen's Loyal Rangers (1777–1781) * Queen's Loyal Virginia Regiment (absorbed by

in 1776) (1776–1783) * Queen's Royal Rangers (1775–1776) * Rattan and Black River Volunteers (1780–1781) * Royal Bateaux Volunteers (bateau, batteux) (1779–1781) *

Royal Ethiopian Regiment Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a cit ...

(disbanded) (1775–1776) * Virginia Light Horse (1776) * Virginia Volunteers (1781) * Volunteers of Augusta (1781–1782) * West Florida Provincials (1778–1781) * West Florida Refugees (1777–1781)

Associators and Refugees

* Associated Loyalists (1780–1782) * Black BrigadeNewland, Samuel J. The Pennsylvania Militia:Defending the Commonwealth and the nation, 1669–1870 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs (2002)pp36-45Black Loyalists:Our History, Our People. Canada's Digital Collection. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. (

Black Loyalists Black Loyalists were people of African descent who sided with the Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. In particular, the term refers to men who escaped enslavement by Patriot masters and served on the Loyalist side because of the ...

) (1779–1783) *

Brant's Volunteers Brant's Volunteers also known as Joseph Brant's Volunteers were irregular British Loyalist volunteers, raised during the American Revolutionary War by pro-British Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant (Mohawk: ''Thayendanegea''), who fought on the Britis ...

(1777–1779) * De Lancey's Refugees (1776–1783) * Hatfield's Company of Partisans ( partisan

irregulars Irregular military is any non-standard military component that is distinct from a country's national armed forces. Being defined by exclusion, there is significant variance in what comes under the term. It can refer to the type of military orga ...

) (1779–1782) * Hazard's Corps of Refugees (1780–1782) * James Stewart's Company of Refugees (1780–1781) * King's Militia Volunteers (1779–1780) * Loyal American Association (1775–1776) * Loyal Associated Refugees (1779) * Loyal Irish Volunteers (1775–1776) * Loyal Newport Associators (1777–1779) * Loyal Refugee Volunteers (1779–1782) * Maryland Royal Retaliators (1780–1781) * Pepperell's Corps (1779–?) * Robins Company of Partisans ( partisan

) (1780–1782?) * Royal North British Volunteers (1775–1776) * Sharp's Refugee Marines (

marines Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refl ...

- naval-based infantry force) (1779) * Uzal Ward's Company of Refugees (1780–1783)

West Indian Forces

* Barbados Militia * Barbadian Rangers (1781–1783) * Black Carolina Corps * Grenada Militia (1775–1779) *

Jamaica Corps of Foot Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispanio ...

(also, known as the Jamaica Corps and Amherst’s Corps) (1781–1783) *

Independent Companies (Jamaica) An independent company was originally a unit raised by the English Army, subsequently the British Army, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for garrison duties in Britain and the overseas colonies. These units were not part of larger ...

* Jamaica Legion (absorbed by Jamaica Volunteers in 1780) (1780) * Jamaica Light Dragoons (1780–1781) * Jamaica Militia (1780–1781) * Jamaica Rangers (1779–1783) * Jamaica Volunteers (absorbed the Jamaica Legion, after 1780) (1779–1781) * Turks Island Company (1781–1783)

German Auxiliaries

Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst Anhalt-Zerbst was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the House of Ascania, with its residence at Zerbst in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision of the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1396, when it was divided ...

* Rauschenplatt's Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst's Regiment (2 battalions, 1 infantry in Quebec (1778), and 1 "Pandour" in New York (1780)) * Nuppenau's Jäger Company * Company of Artillery

Margrave of Ansbach The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg-)Ansbach (german: Fürstentum Ansbach or ) was a principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margrave ...
and
Bayreuth Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital o ...

* 1st Regiment Anspach (later Regiment von Volt; 1st Anspach Battalion) * 2nd Regiment Bayreuth (later Regiment Seybothen; 2nd Anspach Battalion) * Anspach Jäger Company

Duchy of Brunswick The Duchy of Brunswick (german: Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state. Its capital was the city of Brunswick (). It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by the Congress of Vienna ...

* Dragoon Regiment Prinz Lüdwig Ernst * Grenadier Battalion Breymann * Light Infantry Battalion von Barner * Musketeer Regiment Riedesel * Musketeer Regiment Specht * Regiment Prinz Friedrich * Regiment von Rhetz * von Geyso's Jäger Company

Electorate of Hanover The Electorate of Hanover (german: Kurfürstentum Hannover or simply ''Kurhannover'') was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, located in northwestern Germany and taking its name from the capital city of Hanover. It was formally known as ...

* 1st Battalion von Reden * 1st Battalion von Hardenberg * 1st Battalion la Motte * 2nd Battalion Prinz Ernst von Mecklenburg * 2nd Battalion von Goldacker * 14th Regiment * 15th Regiment

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)

* Combined Regiment von Loos * Fusilier Regiment von Dittfurth * Fusilier Regiment Erbprinz (later Musketeer Regiment (1780)) * Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen * Fusilier Regiment von Lossburg * Grenadier Regiment von Rall (later von Woellwarth (1777); von Trümbach (1779); d'Angelelli (1781)) ** 1st Battalion Grenadiers von Linsing ** 2nd Battalion Grenadiers von Block (later von Lengerke) ** 3rd Battalion Grenadiers von Minnigerode (later von Loewenstein) ** 4th Battalion Grenadiers von Koehler (later von Graff; von Platte) * Garrison Regiment von Bünau * Garrison Regiment von Huyne (later von Benning) * Garrison Regiment von Stein (later von Seitz; von Porbeck) * Garrison Regiment von Wissenbach (later von Knoblauch) * Jäger Corps * Leib Infantry Regiment * Musketeer Regiment von Donop * Musketeer Regiment von Trümbach (later Von Bose (1779)) * Musketeer Regiment von Mirbach (later Jung von Lossburg (1780)) *

Musketeer Regiment Prinz Carl The Musketeer Regiment Prinz Carl was a regiment of Hessian (soldiers), Hessian troops that served Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. It was raised in 1702 by Colonel C. F. E. von Wartensleben and became a regiment of the princes ...

* Musketeer Regiment von Wutginau (later Landgraf (1777))

County of Hesse-Hanau

* Janecke's Frei Corps of Light Infantry * Musketeer Regiment Erbprinz * Creuzbourg's Jäger Corps * Pausch's Company of Artillery

Principality of Waldeck The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained Imperial immediacy and in 1 ...

* 3rd Waldeck Regiment

References

* Baer, Friederike. ''Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War'' (Oxford University Press, 2022)
Website
. * Katcher, Philip, ''Encyclopaedia of British, Provincial and German Army Units 1775–1783'', 1973,
''History of Hanoverian troops in Gibraltar: Minorca and the East Indies''
(in German)

* ttp://www.regiments.org Regiments.org
Revwar75 - Crown Forces

the King's Own Patriots

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