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Other ranks' glengarry badge, 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot, c1874
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This infantry regiment was raised in 1758. It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into The East Surrey Regiment.
Glengarry badge, 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment, c1874
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This infantry regiment was raised in 1741. It served with the British Army until 1881, when it was merged into The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry.
Glengarry badge, other ranks, 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment, c1874
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This Irish infantry unit was raised in 1793. It served with the British Army until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into The Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Other ranks’ glengarry badge, 55th (Westmorland) Regiment, c1874
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This infantry regiment was raised in 1755. It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was amalgamated with the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot to form The Border Regiment.
Glengarry badge, other ranks, 56th (West Essex) Regiment, c1876
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Raised in 1755, this unit served in several campaigns until the Army reforms of 1881, when it was merged into The Essex Regiment.
Glengarry badge, 89th (Princess Victoria’s) Regiment of Foot, c1874
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This Irish infantry unit was raised in 1793. It served with the British Army until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into The Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Cap badge, other ranks, The Lincolnshire Regiment, c1910
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This infantry unit was raised in 1685 and subsequently served in many British Army campaigns during its long history. In 1960, it was amalgamated with The Northamptonshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment.
Glengarry badge, 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot, c1874
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This Scottish infantry unit was raised in the 1780s. It served with the British Army until 1881, when it was merged into The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
Cap badge of the Royal Horse Artillery, c1936
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Formed in 1793, the Royal Horse Artillery initially provided fire support to the cavalry. Today, its regiments carry out a variety of artillery combat roles and ceremonial duties.
Other ranks’ cap badge of The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), c1902
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The Black Watch can trace its origins back to the early 18th century. It went on to fight in nearly all the British Army's campaigns and is now part of The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Other ranks’ glengarry badge, 62nd (The Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot, c1874
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This unit was formed in 1756. It served with the British Army until the 1881 reforms, when it became part of The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment).
Cap badge, The Northumberland Fusiliers, c1920
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This infantry unit was raised in 1674 and subsequently served in many British Army campaigns during its long history. In 1968, it was amalgamated with three other fusilier regiments to form The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.