1782-08-31 | Lancashire Infantry Museum

This Day In History: 1782-08-31

British Regiments given County titles “which may at all time aid recruiting.”
30th (The Cambridgeshire Regiment)
40th (2nd Somersetshire Regiment)
47th (The Lancashire Regiment)
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire Regiment)

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