On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:50:59 +0100, Patrick R. L. Dunbar via <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian, I can find no trace of a unit calling itself a regiment of foot > guards, except for the Polish one I mentioned in my original posting. I > have never seen 'Guards' as part of the 79th's title. Incidentally they > were resurrected and disbanded more than once after 1757. Although > originally raised in Colchester, it later became a Scottish regiment > with a variety of titles - 79th. Regiment of Foot (Cameronian > Volunteers) and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders are two of them. I have found this web page using RFG for Regiment of Foot Guards: https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=257125.0 Not that I can vouch for it being authentic historic usage :-) Malcolm. -- Malcolm Austen <[email protected]> GENUKI trustee <[email protected]> Pedigree User Group <[email protected]> Oxfordshire FHS <[email protected]> or <[email protected]>