51st Regiment of Foot
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Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 51st Regiment of Foot:
- William Hanmer's Regiment of Marines, numbered as 51st Foot in 1747
- 51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment), raised in 1754.
- 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot, raised as the 53rd and renumbered in 1756.
Note also:
- 51st Highland Regiment, a Territorial Army regiment formed in 1999