95th Regiment of Foot

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British Army regiment infantry regiment

The 95th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment active during the 18th and 19th centuries, known for its service in various colonial and European campaigns.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot	5
95th Regiment of Foot canonical	4
95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9227012 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 95th Regiment of Foot
Context triple: [Sir George Pomeroy Colley, militaryUnit, 95th Regiment of Foot]

A. 51st Regiment of Foot
The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
B. 96th Regiment of Foot
The 96th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that later became part of the Manchester Regiment through amalgamation.
C. 63rd Regiment of Foot
The 63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts before later being amalgamated into a larger regimental structure.
D. 52nd Regiment of Foot
The 52nd Regiment of Foot was a distinguished light infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its role in the Napoleonic Wars and its association with Sir John Moore’s reforms.
E. 85th (King’s Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
The 85th (King’s Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot was a British Army light infantry regiment that later became part of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry through amalgamation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 95th Regiment of Foot
Target entity description: The 95th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment active during the 18th and 19th centuries, known for its service in various colonial and European campaigns.

A. 51st Regiment of Foot
The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
B. 96th Regiment of Foot
The 96th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that later became part of the Manchester Regiment through amalgamation.
C. 63rd Regiment of Foot
The 63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts before later being amalgamated into a larger regimental structure.
D. 52nd Regiment of Foot
The 52nd Regiment of Foot was a distinguished light infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its role in the Napoleonic Wars and its association with Sir John Moore’s reforms.
E. 85th (King’s Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
The 85th (King’s Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot was a British Army light infantry regiment that later became part of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry through amalgamation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
activeInCentury	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ
commandStructure	British Army regimental system ⓘ
conflict	European campaigns ⓘ colonial wars ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
equipmentType	bayonets ⓘ muskets ⓘ
forceType	infantry ⓘ
garrisonCountry	Great Britain ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction	front-line combat ⓘ garrison duty ⓘ overseas deployment ⓘ
hasRegimentalNumber	95 ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRole	line infantry ⓘ
namedAfter	regimental number ⓘ
notableFor	service in European campaigns ⓘ service in colonial campaigns ⓘ
partOf	British Army infantry establishment ⓘ
serviceBranch	land forces ⓘ
uniformType	British line infantry uniform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited