Prince of Wales's Regiment explained

Prince of Wales's Regiment is a title that has been carried by many regiments of the British, Indian, Australian and Canadian armies and may refer to:

British Army

Infantry regiments

• West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) formed 1685, disbanded 1958
• 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment) formed 1778, disbanded 1783
• 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) formed 1793, disbanded 1881
• 87th (The Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot formed 1793, disbanded 1881
• Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles formed 1798, disbanded 1921
• 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot formed 1824, disbanded 1881
• 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot formed 1858, disbanded 1881
• Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) formed 1881, disbanded 1958
• Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) formed 1881, disbanded 1959
• Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment formed 1881, disbanded 1922
• Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire formed 1958, disbanded 2006
• The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) formed 1958, disbanded 1970
• The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) formed 1959, disbanded 2007

Cavalry regiments

• 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) formed 1685, disbanded 1922
• 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) formed 1715, disbanded 1969
• 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers formed 1715, disbanded 1960
• 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) formed 1922, disbanded 1971
• 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) formed 1960
• Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) formed 1969, disbanded 1992

British Indian Army

Infantry regiments

• 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers) formed 1759, disbanded 1922
• 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles formed 1815
• 2nd Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles formed 1815, disbanded 1994
• 14th Prince of Wales's Own Ferozepore Sikhs formed 1846, disbanded 1922
• 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles formed 1857
• 37th (Prince of Wales's Own) Dogras formed 1887, disbanded 1922
• 51st The Prince of Wales' Own Sikhs (Frontier Force) formed 1846, merged with 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922

Cavalry regiments

• 11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers formed 1857, disbanded 1922
• 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse formed 1922, disbanded 1947

Australian Army

Cavalry regiments

• 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse formed 1948

Canadian Army

Infantry regiments

• 1st Regiment, Prince of Wales' Fusiliers formed 1859, reorganised and redesignated in 1911 as The Canadian Grenadier Guards
• The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment) formed 1936, converted to artillery in 1946 - now the 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA

Cavalry regiments

• 3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons formed 1875, amalgamated in 1936 with The Peterborough Rangers to form The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment)

British North America

• Prince of Wales' American Regiment formed in 1776/77, disbanded 1783