Shirley's Regiment

{{Short description|British Army regiment}} {{for|other units with the same regimental number|50th Regiment of Foot}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:William Shirley.JPG|thumb|Governor William Shirley, Colonel of Shirley's Regiment.]] The '''50th, or Shirley's Regiment of Foot''' was a [[British Army]] regiment first raised in 1745.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvEMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA527|title=Lists and Indexes, Issue 53|page=527 |publisher=Public Record Office|year=1963}}</ref>

==History== The regiment was first raised by [[William Shirley]] in [[New England]] as '''William Shirley's Regiment of Foot''' and ranked as the 65th Regiment of Foot in September 1745.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/050-754.htm |title=50th Regiment of Foot (Shirley's) |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=5 February 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623185817/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/050-754.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 '''50th Regiment of Foot (American Provincials)''' 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/><ref>{{cite book|title=For Love of Regiment: A History of British Infantry, Volume 2, 1915-1994|first= Charles |last=Messenger|page=245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBnHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA245|publisher=Leo Cooper|year=1996|isbn=978-0850524222}}</ref>

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[[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]]