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100th Regiment of Foot
Chronology
1st Raising
- 1760 raised as the 100th Regiment of Foot and known as Campbell's Highlanders
- 1763 disbanded
2nd Raising
- 1780 raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot and known as the Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment
- 1783 detachment captured at the Battle of Bednore
- 1785 disbanded
3rd Raising
- 1794 raised by the 4th Duke of Gordon as the 100th Regiment of Foot
- 1798 became 92nd Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)
4th Raising
- 1824 raised in Ireland as the 100th Regiment of Foot
- 1816 renamed 99th Regiment of Foot
- 1818 disbanded
Service in British India
- 1781 Bombay
- 1782 2nd Mysore War
- 1783 surrendered at the Battle of Bednore and interned until 1784
External Links
100th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia