74th Regiment of Foot

Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 74th Regiment of Foot:

74th Regiment of Foot (Invalids), renumbered from the 117th in 1762 and disbanded in 1768
74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot, raised in 1777 and disbanded in 1784
74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Campbell's Highlanders), raised in 1787 and amalgamated into the Highland Light Infantry in 1881

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