Template:76th Regiment of Foot

Official name

76th Regiment of Foot

Nicknames

The Immortals
The Pigs
The Old Seven and Sixpennies

Motto

None

Marches

Quick: Scotland the Brave
Slow: Logie o'Buchan

Description

Line Infantry Regiment of Foot

Creation date

Royal Warrant Issued 12th October 1787
First Muster Parade 25th December 1787

Reason for creation

Raised for service in India with a proportion of officers supplied by the British East India Company due to the possibility
of war with France.

Battle Honours

Mysore, Ally Ghur, Delhi 1803, Leswaree, Deig, Hindoostan, Corunna, Nive, Peninsula