The87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders) was a Scottishinfantry regiment in theBritish Army, formed in 1759 and disbanded in 1763.
The regiment was raised atPerth asKeith's Highlanders byRobert Murray Keith who regimented three companies detached from the42nd Regiment of Foot in August 1759.[1] It was numbered as the 87th Regiment of Foot in 1760.[1] The regiment was immediately dispatched toGermany, where it fought at theBattle of Warburg in July 1760 and theBattle of Villinghausen later that month.[1] It returned home later in the year but was deployed toHolland in November 1762. It returned to Scotland in December 1762 and was disbanded at Perth in July 1763.[1]
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