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Pre 1818
There were four line infantry regiments were raised and disbanded between 1761 and 1818 numbered 96th.
The first regiment was raised in c1760, for service in India, and disbanded in 1763.
A second regiment, the 96th (British Musketeers) Regiment, was raised in April 1780 under Colonel Richard Whyte and disbanded in 1784. It was stationed in Ireland and saw service in the Channel Islands after Spain declared War on Britain.
A third regiment, the 96th (The Queen's Royal Irish) Regiment was formed in 1793 and dispersed in 1798.
In 1798 a Regiment called "The Minorca Regiment" was recruited from German-speaking prisoners of war, formerly in Spanish service and took part in the Egyptian campaigns of the early 19th Century. In 1802, a new 96th Foot was formed from the 2nd Battalion 52nd Foot. In 1816 this regiment was renumbered the 95th Foot (thus replacing the existing 95th Foot which became styled the Rifle Brigade). By 1816 the regiment was renumbered the 96th (Queen's Own Germans) Regiment of Foot. The unit was disbanded in Ireland in 1818.
Post 1818
In 1824 the unit was reformed and was raised at Manchester, allowed to carry the Battle Honours of Peninsular, Egypt and the Sphinx, and was sent straight to Halifax, Nova Scotia. It then saw service in the West Indies. In 1836 it returned to Great Britain and was stationed in the south of England. Detachments of the unit were used to escort Convict to the Australian colonies. The unit deployed to Australia in 1841 and fought in the Maori Wars between 1844/47.
Following extensive service in India, in 1881, in accordance with the Childers Reforms, the regiment merged with the 63rd Regiment of Foot to form the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
- Museum of the Manchester Regiment - 96th Regiment of Foot. Later the 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment
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