76th Regiment of Foot

76th Regiment of Foot
Cap badge of the 76th Regiment of Foot
Active1787–1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1787–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeLine Infantry
Size11 Companies
Garrison/HQWellesley Barracks, Halifax
Nickname(s)The Immortals
The Pigs
The Old Seven and Sixpennies
Motto(s)none
ColorsRed Facings
MarchQuick: "Scotland the Brave"
Slow: "Logie o'Buchan"
Mascot(s)Indian Elephant
EngagementsThird Anglo-Mysore War
Second Anglo-Maratha War
Napoleonic Wars
War of 1812
Commanders
Last Commanding OfficerLieutenant Colonel JMD Allardice (1880–1881)
Last Colonel of the RegimentGeneral Fredrick Darley George CB (1875–1881)

The 76th Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment to form the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1881.


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