The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot Régiment de Dragons the regiment was officially styled

the regiment was officially styled the 12th Dragoons

they were renamed The Royal North British Dragoons (North Britain then being the envisaged common name for Scotland)

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The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot Régiment de Dragons the regiment was officially styledThe 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot The history of the regiments began in 1688 when the inhabitants of Enniskillen took up arms in defense of their island town against the threat of occupation by the forces of catholic James II. The spelling of the towns name is derived from the Irish Inis Ceithleann (Ceithlenn's island) which has been anglicised many times over the centuries with Inniskilling the spelling at the time the two regiments were