Oglethorpe's Regiment

Oglethorpe's Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed for service in North America during the War of Jenkins' Ear. It was commanded by James Oglethorpe, first Governor of Georgia.

Service
The raising of the regiment, ranked as the 42nd Regiment of Foot, was authorised in August 1737. The unit formed at Savannah in the following year.

The regiment took part in the Siege of St Augustine in June and July 1740 and the Battles of Bloody Marsh and Gully Hole Creek near Fort Frederica in July 1742.

The regiment was disbanded at the end of the conflict on 24 November 1748. Some of its discharged soldiers enlisted in the South Carolina Independent Companies.

Organization
The regiment consisted of six companies of 100 privates each, non-commissioned officers and drummers in addition. Later a company of grenadiers was added. Oglethorpe secured commissions for gentlemen of family and character in their communities. In addition he established twenty young gentlemen of no fortune as cadets in the regiment.

Officers
Officers included:
 * James Oglethorpe, Colonel
 * James Cochran, Lieutenant-Colonel
 * William Cook, Major
 * Hugh Mackay, Captain
 * Richard Norbury, Captain
 * Alexander Herron, Captain
 * Albert Desbrisay, Captain
 * Philip Delegall, Sr., Lieutenant
 * Philip Delegall, Jr., Lieutenant
 * Raymond Demere, Lieutenant
 * George Morgan, rank not stated
 * George Dunbar, rank not stated
 * William Horton, Ensign
 * James Mackay, Ensign
 * William Folsom, Ensign
 * John Tanner, Ensign
 * John Leman, Ensign
 * Sandford Mace, Ensign
 * Hugh Mackay, Adjutant
 * Edward Dyson, Clerk and Chaplain
 * Thomas Hawkins, Surgeon
 * Edward Wansall, Quartermaster

Lachlan McIntosh served as a cadet in the regiment.