  the 9th regiment of foot was an infantry line regiment of the british army from 1751 to 1881. it became the norfolk regiment following the army reforms of 1881. ==early history== the title of 9th foot was awarded in 1751, but the origins of the regiment are with henry cornewall's regiment of foot raised by james ii in 1685 in response to the monmouth rebellion. the regiment fought in the williamite war in ireland, seeing action at the battle of the boyne and battle of aughrim, as well as the siege of limerick (1690), and siege of limerick (1691) and siege of athlone. in the war of the spanish succession, the regiment fought in several engagements, including the battle of almansa. ===early campaigns=== during the seven years' war the regiment won its first formal battle honour as part of the expedition that captured belle Ãle from the french in 1761. in 1762 they sailed with george keppel, 3rd earl of albemarle in the british expedition against cuba and took part in the siege and subsequent capture of havana. following the signing of the treaty of paris in 1763 and the end of the war they moved to a posting at st. augustine, florida, where john hedges (arrived to saint augustine with four companies of the british 1st regiment from havana) and francis ogilvie (british army officer) were his first british governors, of acting way. at this stage their strength was reported as less than 300 out of the approximately 1,000 that had left great britain. out of these only 20 had been killed in action â the remainder of casualties being caused by malaria and yellow fever which were so common in the west indies at the time. a company was detached, and sent to bermuda, reinforced with a detachment from the bahamas independent company, but this force was withdrawn in 1768 the regiment remained at st. augustine for the next 6 years, and were described by a reviewing officer as being in a very poor condition. following a brief spell in ireland and the outbreak of war in the american colonies the regiment was sent to canada to become a part of an expedition under [[john burgoyne|major general john burgoyn
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