The 87th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised to help garrison the West Indies during the

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History

The regiment was raised at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire by George Waldegrave in July 1779. It was despatched to the Leeward Islands under the command of Lieutenant-colonel

George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea (4 November 1752 – 2 August 1826), was an important figure in the history of cricket. His main contributions to the game were patronage and organisation but Winchilsea, an amateur, was also a very keen pla ...

, arriving in January 1780. It returned home in 1783 at the end of hostilities and was disbanded at

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in April that year.

References

{{Regiments of Foot Military units and formations established in 1779 Military units and formations disestablished in 1783 Infantry regiments of the British Army Regiments of the British Army in the American Revolutionary War