{{short description|British Army regiment first raised in 1754}} [[File:William Pepperrell.jpg|thumb|upright|Sir William Pepperrell, colonel of Pepperrell's Regiment.]] The '''51st, or Pepperrell's Regiment of Foot''' was a [[line infantry]] regiment of the [[British Army]] first raised in 1745.
==History== The regiment was first raised by [[William Pepperrell|Sir William Pepperrell]] in [[Massachusetts]] as '''Sir William Pepperell's Regiment of Foot''' and ranked as the 66th Regiment of Foot in September 1745.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/051-754.htm |title=51st Regiment of Foot (Pepperell's) |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=5 February 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623185804/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/051-754.htm |archive-date=23 June 2006 }}</ref> It was disbanded in May 1749.<ref name=regiments/>
The regiment was re-raised in New England as the '''51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment)''' in December 1754 for service in the [[French and Indian War]] but, following the disastrous loss of [[Fort Oswego|Oswego]], it was disbanded in December 1756.<ref name=regiments/>
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{{Regiments of Foot}}
[[Category:Infantry regiments of the British Army]] [[Category:Military units and formations of the French and Indian War]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1754]] [[Category:1754 establishments in the British Empire]] [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1749]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1745]]