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The 80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot was the first light infantry regiment in the British Army. History. The regiment was raised by Colonel Thomas Gage as the 80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot in May 1758.
- 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) - Wikipedia
The 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) was an...
- 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) - Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The 80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot was the first light infantry regiment in the British Army. History. The regiment was raised by Colonel Thomas Gage as the 80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot in May 1758.
80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) This infantry unit was raised in 1793. It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into The South Staffordshire Regiment. 5 min read.
Along with secondment of regular infantry, several specialised units were raised (including Rogers' Rangers and the 80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot), though most if not all had been disbanded by the middle of the 1760s.
The 80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot was the first light infantry regiment in the British Army. The regiment was created in 1758 by Colonel Thomas Gage, and was known as Gage's Light Infantry or "leathercaps". The purpose of this unit was to provide a formal regiment that could combat France...
See also. 80th Regiment or 80th Infantry Regiment may refer to: 80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers), a unit of the British Army, 1778–1783. 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers), a unit of the British Army. 80th Airmobile Regiment (Ukraine), a unit of the Ukrainian Army.
