21st Regiment of Foot

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British Army regiment infantry regiment

The 21st Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army with a long record of service in major conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
21st (Royal North British Fusilier) Regiment of Foot	1
21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance	Crown of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Crown of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Scottish regiments ⓘ fusilier regiments ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
conflict	American War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ Crimean War ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War Seven Years' War ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Royal Highland Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Regiment of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterKnownAs	21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Highland Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Scots Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto	Royal Highland Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedWith	Highland Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryUnitType	line infantry ⓘ
notableFeature	Scottish identity within the British Army ⓘ fusilier headdress ⓘ
notableFor	long record of service in major conflicts ⓘ
partOf	British Army infantry establishment ⓘ
regimentalNumber	21 ⓘ
regimentalTitle	Royal Scots Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalTraditionsContinuedBy	Royal Highland Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Regiment of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	light infantry ⓘ line infantry ⓘ
serviceBranch	infantry ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
tradition	fusilier ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Scots Fusiliers → formerName → 21st Regiment of Foot ⓘ

this entity surface form: 21st (Royal North British Fusilier) Regiment of Foot

Royal Scots Fusiliers → formerName → 21st Regiment of Foot ⓘ

this entity surface form: 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot

Royal Scots Fusiliers → originalName → 21st Regiment of Foot ⓘ