The 82nd Regiment of Foot was a British army regiment raised for service in the

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. The regiment was raised in

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, Scotland on 16 December 1777. It was sent to New York in August 1779 and then to establish and defend New Ireland in June 1779. It was sent to

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in April 1781 and its light company was interned at siege of Yorktown, Yorktown. It was disbanded in 1784.

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{{Regiments of Foot Infantry regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1777 Military units and formations disestablished in 1784 Regiments of the British Army in the American Revolutionary War 1777 establishments in Great Britain