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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/fromkabultokumas00will ''From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-Four Years of Soldering and Sport''] by Brigadier-General Sir James Willcocks 1904 Archive.org. He arrived in India in 1878 with the 100th Regiment of Foot. He later joined the Indian Army, and served until 1897, when he transferred to West Africa.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromkabultokumas00will ''From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-Four Years of Soldering and Sport''] by Brigadier-General Sir James Willcocks 1904 Archive.org. He arrived in India in 1878 with the 100th Regiment of Foot. He later joined the Indian Army, and served until 1897, when he transferred to West Africa.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/leinsterregvol1/page/n7/mode/2up ''The History of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Volume 1 The Old Army''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ernest Whitton 1924 Archive.org.
 
:[https://archive.org/details/leinsterregvol2/page/n7/mode/2up ''The History of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Volume 2 The Great War and the Disbandment of the Regiment''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ernest Whitton 1924 Archive.org. Archive.org






[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 02:42, 26 August 2023

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
  • 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

6th Raising

  • 1858 raised in Canada as the 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales' Royal Canadian), apparently to serve in the Indian Mutiny, but was not sent to India at this time.
  • 1875 designated successor to previous 100th Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay) Infantry and became the 1st Battalion, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).
  • 1922 disbanded on Irish independence

Service in British India

External Links

Historical books online

The History of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Volume 2 The Great War and the Disbandment of the Regiment by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ernest Whitton 1924 Archive.org. Archive.org