The 83rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, which was formed in Ireland in 1793 for service in the French Revolutionary Wars. The regiment served in the West Indies, South Afr
Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch by John Singleton Copley
The Battle of Talavera, July 1809, where the regiment suffered heavy casualties
This illustration shows an officer of the 16th Foot circa 1845; the 83rd would have had a visually very similar uniform, with yellow cuffs and facings.
The 86th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 83rd Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881.
Regimental colours
General Sir Cornelius Cuyler, founder of the regiment
The Siege of Bharatpur in January 1805
Regimental uniform, 1840s