| Whyte's Regiment of Foot | (Carolina and Malcolm's Corps). | |||
| Myers' | " | " | (St. Vincent Rangers). | |
| Keppell's | " | " | (probably the Dominica Rangers). | |
Nicoll's | " | " | } | (the five new regiments). |
| Howe's | " | " | ||
| Whitelock's | " | " | ||
| Lewes' | " | " | ||
| Skerrett's | " | " | ||
Major-General Whyte's regiment was called into existence by the Gazette of the 2nd of May, 1795; Major-General John Whyte, from the 6th Foot, being appointed colonel. On the 20th of May, Major Leeds Booth, from the 32nd Foot, was appointed lieutenant-colonel; and other officers were rapidly gazetted to it. On the 8th of August, Captain Robert Malcolm, of the 41st Foot, was promoted major in Whyte's regiment. The following is the list of officers appointed to the regiment in 1795:
Major-General Whyte's Regiment of Foot.
It was intended that each of these regiments raised for service in the West Indies should have a cavalry troop, and in the London Gazette are the following:
Major-General Whyte's Regiment of Foot.
August 1, 1795 Lieutenant—Powell, from the 8th Foot, to be Lieutenant of Cavalry.
August 29 Lieutenant—Powell, Lieutenant of Cavalry, to be Captain of Cavalry.
July 11 Acting Adjutant—Connor, from Lieutenant-Colonel McDonnel's regiment, to be Cornet.
But this idea was soon abandoned, and in 1797 the cavalry troop disappeared.
The 1st West India Regiment (for so it was at once styled in the West Indies, although in the Army List and the London Gazette, the designation "Major-General Whyte's Regiment of Foot" was not discontinued until February, 1798) first appears in the "Monthly Return for the Windward, Leeward, and Caribee Islands," in September, 1795, as follows: