52nd Regiment of Foot

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Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 52nd Regiment of Foot:

  • Sir Charles Powlett's Regiment of Marines, numbered as 52nd Foot in 1747
  • 52nd Regiment of Foot, raised in 1755 and renumbered as the 50th in 1756.
  • 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, raised as the 54th and renumbered in 1756.

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