It was raised to help garrison the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.

The regiment was raised at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire by George Waldegrave in July 1779.

[1] It was despatched to the Leeward Islands under the command of Lieutenant-colonel George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, arriving in January 1780.

[1] It returned home in 1783 at the end of hostilities and was disbanded at Coventry in April that year.

[1] Regimental titles in italics indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.