The 82nd Regiment of Foot was raised in September 1793 as the British Army expanded to face the armies of hostile, revolutionary France. First formed in Stamford, Lincolnshire, by Major General Charles Leigh, late of the Foot Guards, it also recruited from Lancashire, Yorkshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire. General Leigh was serving in the Prince of Wales’s Household (later George IV) and by Royal consent his new regiment proudly took the title of “The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers”.

This is a NW NA regiment.


Ranking Structure

Colonel (Col)
Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol)
Major (Maj)

Captain (Cpt)
Lieutenant (Lt)
Ensign (Ens)

Serjeant Major (SjtMaj)
Colour Serjeant (CSjt)
Serjeant (Sjt)
Corporal (Cpl)

Lance Corporal (LCpl)
Grenadier (Gren)
Regular (Rgl)
Private (Pte)
Recruit (Rec)