88th Regiment of Foot (1779)

88th Regiment of Foot
ActiveJuly 1779 – 1783
Disbanded1783
Country Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
Size900
EngagementsAmerican Revolutionary War
Commanders
ColonelThomas Keating (1779–1783)
Lieutenant-ColonelsSir Alexander Leith (1779–1780)

Henry Phipps (1780–1782) William Gardiner (1782–1783)

Charles Gunter Legge (1783)

The 88th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army from 1779 to 1783, formed during the American Revolutionary War. It was raised in Worcestershire under Colonel Thomas Keating and saw service in Jamaica. It was disbanded in England in 1783 at the end of the war.


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