90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Volunteers) explained

Unit Name:	90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Volunteers)
Dates:	25 October 1779 – 1784
Country:	(1777–1800)
Type:	Infantry
Colonel Of The Regiment:	Gen. Loftus Anthony Tottenham

The 90th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.

History

The regiment was raised in Yorkshire in October 1779^[1] and was posted to the Leeward Islands under the command of General Loftus Anthony Tottenham, arriving in January 1780.

It returned to England in 1783 and was disbanded in Yorkshire the following year.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Voluntiers). Regiments.org . 2 August 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051227003831/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/087-779.htm . 27 December 2005 .