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
- 1804 raised in Ireland as the 100th Regiment of Foot
- 1813 became the 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)
- 1816 renamed 99th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)
- 1818 disbanded
5th Raising
- 1858 raised in Canada as the 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales' Royal Canadian)
- 1875 designated successor to previous 100th Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay) Infantry to form The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).
- 1922 disbanded on Irish independence
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
Leinster Regiment - Wikipedia
