The 71st Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army from 1758 to 1763. It was formed in northern Scotland on 28 April 1758 from the 2nd Battalion of the

32nd Regiment of 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 ...

and took part in the

Raid on Cherbourg The Raid on Cherbourg took place in August 1758 during the Seven Years' War when a British force was landed on the coast of France by the Royal Navy with the intention of attacking the town of Cherbourg as part of the British government's policy ...

in 1758 and in the capture of Belle Isle off the French coast in 1761. The regiment was disbanded in 1763.

Regimental Colonels

*1758–1763: William Petitot

References

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