For other units with the same regimental number, see 76th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).
76th Regiment of Foot
Cap badge of the 76th Regiment of Foot
Active
1787–1881
Country
Kingdom of Great Britain (1787–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch
British Army
Type
Line Infantry
Size
11 Companies
Garrison/HQ
Wellesley Barracks, Halifax
Nickname(s)
The Immortals The Pigs The Old Seven and Sixpennies
Motto(s)
none
Colors
Red Facings
March
Quick: "Scotland the Brave" Slow: "Logie o'Buchan"
Mascot(s)
Indian Elephant
Engagements
Third Anglo-Mysore War Second Anglo-Maratha War Napoleonic Wars War of 1812
Commanders
Last Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel JMD Allardice (1880–1881)
Last Colonel of the Regiment
General Fredrick Darley George CB (1875–1881)
Military unit
The 76th Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment to form the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1881.
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