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The '''94th Regiment of Foot''' was a [[British Army]] regiment formed in [[Wales]] in January 1760.<ref name="regiments">{{cite web|title=94th Regiment of Foot|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/094-760.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622165738/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/094-760.htm|archive-date=22 June 2006|access-date=17 April 2017|publisher=Regiments.org}}</ref> It saw action in [[North America]] later in the year during the [[French and Indian War]] and then took part, alongside the [[Royal Marines]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acoy.co.uk/royalmarineshistorytraditionalfactsprecispack1.pdf|title=Royal Marines History and Traditional Facts|publisher=Marine Society & Sea Cadet|access-date=17 April 2017|archive-date=5 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705080815/http://www.acoy.co.uk/RoyalMarinesHistoryTraditionalFactsPrecisPack1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the [[Capture of Belle Île]] in April 1761 during the [[Seven Years' War]], before sailing for the [[West Indies]] later in the year.<ref name="regiments"/> In the West Indies it took part in the [[Invasion of Dominica (1761)|Invasion of Dominica]] in June 1761.<ref name="regiments"/> The invasion was led by [[Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo|Lord Rollo]] who had been appointed by [[Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Lord Amherst]] to take command.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdvp3cGJUZoC&q=rollo+Dominica+1761&pg=PA288 |title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere|first= David|last= Marley|publisher=ABC_CLIO|year=2008|isbn=978-1598841008}}</ref> The regiment went on to take part in the [[Invasion of Martinique (1762)|Invasion of Martinique]] in January 1762.<ref name="regiments"/> It was disbanded in 1763.<ref name="regiments"/>
The regiment was commanded throughout its existence by Lieutenant-Colonel [[John Vaughan (British Army officer, died 1795)|John Vaughan]] (later promoted Lieutenant-General).<ref>{{DNB|prescript=|wstitle=Vaughan, John (1748?-1795)}}</ref>
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/094-760.htm|title=94th Regiment of Foot|publisher=Regiments.org|access-date=1 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622165738/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/094-760.htm|archive-date=22 June 2006}}
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