The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1702 and amalgamated into The Hampshire Regiment in 1881. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The regiment was raised by General Thomas Meredith in February 1702. In 1751, they were numbered the 37th Regiment of Foot, and in 1782 took a county title as the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot.
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37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot, regiments.org
The regiment was in Boston at the commencement of the dispute between the American Colonies and the mother country, and fought at Bunker's Hill, and in all the principal actions during the first three years of the War of Independence.
The regiment was among the troops sent to the relief of Quebec at the outbreak of the American War, and served in the operations under Burgoyne down to the surrender of Saratoga.
In 1755, the regiment went with reinforcements to North America, and was with Braddock in the disastrous attempt on Fort du Quesne, on the Ohio, and afterwards in the attacks on Ticonderoga and Fort Niagara, and in the expedition against Montreal.
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