102nd Regiment of Foot

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Five regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 102nd Regiment of Foot:

  • 102nd Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Volunteers), raised in 1760
  • 102nd Regiment of Foot, raised in 1781
  • 102nd Regiment of Foot (Irish Rangers), raised in 1794
  • 102nd Regiment of Foot, originally numbered as the 102nd in 1808 and renumbered as the 100th Foot in 1816
  • 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers), raised by the East India Company and placed on the British establishment as the 102nd Foot in 1862