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76th Regiment of Foot
 
United Kingdom 
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1787.10.12 76th Regiment of Foot
raised by EIC for service in India when war with the French was imminent, but, the danger having passed, EIC refused to support or embark the regiment, whereupon Parliament passed the East India Declaratory Act requiring that troops deemed necessary for the security of overseas territories be supported by revenues from those territories (see also 74th Foot, 75th Foot, and 77th Foot)
1806.10.20 76th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot
1812 76th Regiment of Foot
1881.07.01 united with 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot , to form The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
H.M. 76th Regiment of Foot 1787-1870, transcribed from Regimental Digest, by Roger Capewell (Family History in India)
A small part of the history of the 76th. Regiment of Foot [1844-1863], transcribed by Roger Capewell (Military Images)
     
  Regulars:
    [1st Battalion] [1755-1881]
     
Depot and Reserves:
  Reserve Battalion [1846-1848]
  ? Depot Battalion [1856-1871]
  9th Brigade Depot at Halifax [1873-1881]
   
   
[Hindoostan]1, Nive, Peninsula

1.  the Elephant & Howdah badge circumscribed "Hindoostan".
Note: see also successor for belatedly awarded battle honours.

Note: In 1808 the Governor General of India presented the regiment an Honorary Stand of Colours, inscribed with the battle honours "Ally Ghur", "Delhi", "Agra", and "Leswaree", "Hindoostan" and the Elephant badge, for service as the only British infantry in Lord Lake's campaign of 1803-05. These Colours have been replaced four times (1830, 1888, 1908, and 1969).
 
   
Badges: An Elephant & Howdah circumscribed "Hindoostan" (awarded 7 Feb. 1807)
Uniform: scarlet; facings: scarlet
   
   
     
   
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1787.10.12 Gen. Sir Thomas Musgrave, Bt
1813.01.02 Lt-Gen. Sir George Prevost, Bt
1814.02.17 Gen. Christopher Chowne
1834.07.19 Gen. Sir Peregrine Maitland, GCB
1843.01.02 Lt-Gen. George Middlemore, CB
1843.05.31 Lt-Gen. Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB
1853.05.10 Gen. William Jervois, KH
1862.11.06 Lt-Gen. Joseph Clarke
1871.02.28 Lt-Gen. Matthew Smith
1875.04.28 Gen. Frederick Darley George, CB
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Motto:
Nicknames: The Immortals (for fighting in many battles in the Mahratta wars);
The Pigs (from the Elephant badge);
The Old Seven and Sixpennies (from the regiment's numeral)
Anniversaries:
Marches: quick: Scotland the Brave
  slow: Logie o'Buchan
Musicians:
Mascot:
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:

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The Duke of Wellington's Regimental Museum, Halifax (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
The Duke of Wellington's Regimental Museum, Halifax, by Henrik Teller (Simonides listing).
Hayden, Frederick Arthur. Historical record of the 76th "Hindoostan" Regiment from its formation in 1787 to 30th June, 1881. Lichfield : [Printed at] "The Johnson's Head", 1909.