97th Regiment of Foot

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Six regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 97th Regiment of Foot:

  • 97th Regiment of Foot, raised in 1760
  • 97th Regiment of Foot, raised in 1780
  • 97th Regiment of Foot (Inverness-shire Highlanders), raised in 1794
  • 97th (Queen's Own Germans) Regiment of Foot, taken on British establishment in 1804 and renumbered as the 96th in 1816
  • 97th Regiment of Foot, raised in 1804 and renumbered as the 97th in 1816
  • 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot, raised in 1824