The 88th Regiment of Foot was an infantry Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 94th Regiment of Foot to form the Connaught Rangers in 1881.
The 88th Foot (right) at the Battle of Salamanca
Officers of the 88th Foot during the Crimean War
Colonel Edmund Jeffreys of the 88th Foot in c. 1858
94th Regiment of Foot
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The 94th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised as the Scotch Brigade in October 1794, it was renumbered as the 94th Regiment of Foot in December 1802 and disbanded
88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)
…Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) was an infantry Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 94th Regiment of Foot to form the Connaught Rangers in 1881. The regiment was raised in Connaught on 25 September 1793 by John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde as the 88th…
Badge of the 94th Regiment of Foot
General Francis Dundas, first colonel of the regiment
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Bradford depicted in uniform as colonel of the regiment circa 1825
William Plummer Gaskell, an ensign in the regiment in 1854