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The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1793 and amalgamated into The Royal Irish Rifles following the Childers Reforms in 1881. The regiment was raised in 1793 as a volunteer corps in Shropshire, and taken into the British Army the following year as the 86th (Shropshire Volunteers). In 1795, after the Battle of Groix it absorbed the remnants of the disbanded 118th Regiment of Foot (Fingall's Regiment), which had been raised in 1794 for service as marines.〔(118th Regiment of Foot ), National Archives Catalogue index.〕 In 1809 it became the 86th (Leinster) Regiment of Foot,〔"His Majesty has been pleased to order that the 86th Regiment of Foot shall in future be styled the 86th (or Leinster) Regiment."〕 and then in 1812 it was renamed as the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot.〔"His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, has been pleased to approve of the 86th Regiment being in future styled the 86th (or Royal County Down) Regiment..."〕 In 1881 it became the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Its lineage is continued today by the Royal Irish Regiment. ==Victoria Cross recipients== *Captain Henry Edward Jerome - 1858, Jhansi (Indian Rebellion of 1857). *Lieutenant Hugh Stewart Cochrane - 1858, Jhansi (Indian Rebellion of 1857). *Private James Byrne - 1858, Jhansi (Indian Rebellion of 1857). *Private James Pearson - 1858, Jhansi (Indian Rebellion of 1857). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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