56th Regiment may refer to: *

56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot The 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881. It was originally raised in Northumbria as the 58th Regiment, and renumbered the 56th the following year when two senior regiments we ...

, a unit of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Gurkhas, 25,742 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,697 "other personnel", for a total of 108,41 ...

56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery The 56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment was a Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Territorial Army unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery (RA), which converted from the 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). During the World War II, ...

, a unit of the British Army *

56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) The 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1849 as the 2nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1906 and became 2nd Battal ...

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British Indian Army The Indian Army was the force of British Raj, British India, until Indian Independence Act 1947, national independence in 1947. Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, it was responsible for the defence of both British India and ...

56th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 56th Infantry Regiment was a regular infantry regiment in the United States Army. It originated from personnel of the 17th Infantry Regiment (United States), 17th Infantry Regiment in 1917 and fought in the region of Metz during World War I. ...

, a unit of United States Army during World War I and World War II *

56th Air Defense Artillery Regiment The 56th Air Defense Artillery is a training regiment in the United States Army. History This number has had two lineages started under it. A 1917 unit that served in France during World War IRinaldi, p. 162 and in the Americas during World War II ...

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United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...

56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA The 56th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery is a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Brantford, Ontario. The regiment is currently part of 4th Canadian Division's 32 Canadian Brigade Group.http://www.army.forces.g ...

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Canadian Army The Canadian Army () is the command (military formation), command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also re ...

* 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment, a unit of the

Russian Airborne Troops The Russian Airborne Forces () is the airborne separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It is a rapid response force and strategic reserve that is under the President of Russia, reporting directly to the Chief of the General Staff, an ...

;American Civil War ;;Union (Northern) Army *

56th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment The 56th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was a regiment of infantry that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of the four "Veteran Regiments" raised in the winter of 1863–64. Recruits of these regiments w ...

* 56th New York Volunteer Infantry * 56th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment * 56th Ohio Infantry * 56th Regiment Indiana Infantry * 56th United States Colored Infantry Regiment * 56th Pennsylvania Infantry ;;Confederate (Southern) Army * 56th North Carolina Infantry *

56th Virginia Infantry The 56th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. The 56th Virginia completed its organiz ...

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