108th Regiment of Foot (1794)

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The 108th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1794 to 1796.

Active1794-1795
BranchInfantry
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108th Regiment of Foot
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It was raised in Ireland in May 1794 as the Earl of Granard's Regiment, and numbered as the 108th in November of the same year.[1] Shortly thereafter the 108th moved to Gibraltar for garrison duty. The regiment was broken up there in 1796 with the men drafted into the 64th and 85th Regiments of Foot.[2]

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