Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Agusta 1756, bayan asarar
Minorca a cikin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai, an ba da umurni ga 23rd Regiment of Foot, tare da wasu runduna 14 don tayar da 2nd Battalion, wanda ya yi yayin da yake a Leicester. A ranar 22 ga Afrilu 1758 an raba bataliya ta 2 daga rukunin 23 a matsayin sabon rukunin kuma an sanya shi a matsayin na 68th a cikin tsari na fifiko tare da nadin sabon kwamandan a matsayin Lambton's Regiment of Foot ko 68th Regiment na ƙafa. (Ayyukan da ake kira regiments da sunan mai kula da su a hankali ya fita daga fashion, an maye gurbinsu da tsarin mulkin regiments.)