The 108th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1794 to 1796.
| 108th Regiment of Foot | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1794-1795 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Infantry |
It was raised in Ireland in May 1794 as the Earl of Granard's Regiment, and numbered as the 108th in November of the same year.[1] Shortly thereafter the 108th moved to Gibraltar for garrison duty. The regiment was broken up there in 1796 with the men drafted into the 64th and 85th Regiments of Foot.[2]
References
edit- ^ "108 Foot". The National Archives. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ Henry Manners Chichester; George Burges-Short (1900). The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army. Gale & Polden. p. 397.
External links
edit- "108th Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.