28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot

28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
Active1694 – 1 July 1881
Allegiance Kingdom of England (1694–1707)
 Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeLine Infantry
SizeOne battalion
Garrison/HQHorfield Barracks, Bristol
Nickname(s)The Old Braggs
The Slashers
The Silver Tailed Dandies[1]
EngagementsWar of the Spanish Succession
War of the Quadruple Alliance
War of the Austrian Succession
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Crimean War

The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881.

  1. ^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.

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