The first Regiment numbered the 83rd was disbanded in 1763.
The second was the 83rd Royal Glasgow Volunteers, raised in 1778, and disbanded in 1783.
EIGHTY-FOURTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 84th Foot. 1793–1808 84th York and Lancaster. 1808—— | Scarlet, 1793—. | Yellow, 1793—. | Flanders, 1794–1795. Cape of Good Hope, 1795. Mauritius, 1810. Nive, 1813. Peninsula, 1813–1814. | India, 1796–1819. Cawnpore, 1857. Lucknow, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised in the counties of York and Lancashire.
It bears “The Union Rose.”
It received its Title in 1808 from the counties in which it was raised.
The first Regiment numbered the 84th was raised in 1759, and disbanded in 1764.
The second was “The Royal Highland Emigrants” raised in America in 1775, numbered the 84th in 1778, and disbanded in 1784.