The 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881.
Active 10 December 1756–1 July 1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1756–1800)
United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
Type Line Infantry
Garrison/HQ Horfield Barracks, Bristol
Nickname(s) The Silver Tailed Dandies, The Flowers of Toulouse
Colors Buff facings
March The Highland Piper
Engagements Seven Years' War,Peninsular War, Second Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Rebellion of 1857
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