90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Volunteers)

For other units with the same regimental number, see 90th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).

90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Volunteers)

Active| 25 October 1779 – 1784
Country|  Kingdom of Great Britain (1777–1800)
Branch|  British Army
Type| Infantry
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment| Gen. Loftus Anthony Tottenham

Military unit

The 90th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.

## History

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The regiment was raised in Yorkshire in October 1779[1] and was posted to the Leeward Islands under the command of General Loftus Anthony Tottenham, arriving in January 1780.

It returned to England in 1783 and was disbanded in Yorkshire the following year.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Voluntiers)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

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