45th Regiment of Foot

45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot
Badge of the 45th Regiment of Foot
Active	1741–1881
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain (1741–1800)  United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch	British Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Infantry
Size	One battalion (two battalions 1804–1814)
Garrison/HQ	Glen Parva Barracks, Leicestershire
Nickname(s)	"Old Stubborns"
Engagements	Father Le Loutre's War French and Indian War American Revolutionary War Peninsular War First Anglo-Burmese War Xhosa Wars

The 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1741. The regiment saw action during Father Le Loutre's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War as well as the Peninsular War, the First Anglo-Burmese War and the Xhosa Wars. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) in 1881.

The regiment was raised by Colonel Daniel Houghton as Houghton's Regiment in 1741 for service during the War of the Austrian Succession. It was first posted to Gibraltar in 1745, before moving to Nova Scotia in 1747 for garrison duty. The regiment was ranked as the 56th Regiment of Foot in 1747 but was re-ranked as the 45th Regiment of Foot in 1751. The regiment fell victim to a raid on Dartmouth in May 1751 during Father Le Loutre's War when Mi'kmaq and Acadia militia from Chignecto, under the command of Acadian Joseph Broussard, raided Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, destroying the town, killing twenty British villagers and torturing and mutilating a sergeant from the 45th Foot. The regiment then defeated the local militia at the Battle of Fort Beauséjour in June 1755. The regiment also took part in the Siege of Louisbourg in July 1758 during the French and Indian War.