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*'''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. | *'''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 | *'''1875''' designated successor to previous 100th Regiment of Foot | ||
| − | *'''1881''' amalgamated with [[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay) Infantry]] | + | *'''1881''' amalgamated with [[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|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 | *'''1922''' disbanded on Irish independence | ||
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*''The History of the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), late the 100th Prince of Wales Royal Canadian Regiment'' by Lieutenant Colonel F. E. Whitton, first published 1924, has been republished by [http://www.naval-military-press.com/prince-of-wales-s-leinster-regiment-royal-canadians-the-history-of-the_prince-of-wales-s-leinster-regiment-royal-canadians-late-the-100th_prince-of-wales-royal-canadian-regiment.html Naval and Military Press]. This book is available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843427982 FIBIS Shop] and is also available at the [[British Library]] | *''The History of the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), late the 100th Prince of Wales Royal Canadian Regiment'' by Lieutenant Colonel F. E. Whitton, first published 1924, has been republished by [http://www.naval-military-press.com/prince-of-wales-s-leinster-regiment-royal-canadians-the-history-of-the_prince-of-wales-s-leinster-regiment-royal-canadians-late-the-100th_prince-of-wales-royal-canadian-regiment.html Naval and Military Press]. This book is available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843427982 FIBIS Shop] and is also available at the [[British Library]] | ||
*[http://homepage.eircom.net/~tipperaryfame/leinster.htm The Irish in Uniform: The Leinster Regiment] | *[http://homepage.eircom.net/~tipperaryfame/leinster.htm The Irish in Uniform: The Leinster Regiment] | ||
| + | *Article "The Cautionary Tale of Pte Patrick O’Hare", of the 1st Leinsters. Details the temperance tract published 1897 regarding the murders in 1894 at Ahmedabad committed while under the influence of alcohol, and subsequent execution of Private O Hara. pages 4-6 ''The 40/10 The Journal of the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Regimental Association'' December 2009 [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:prmZorL82n4J:www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/download/journal/LeinsterJournalDec09.pdf+Temperance+Society+Army+India&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiSPMKDwjznWQWktAx1dkTsVL935Y_9_yeSoHoj7m47iySpyEO8jcwv3sj1W6TuY94rbsDgOJdTLm91lHZAE3lCvWNBXFBD6JvXeQYzpT2hi_sMYmHof_rq5yt-IaUNqJceDh0G&sig=AHIEtbRqdt_JeDYY_JM2VFTlxZlDdxoeLQ html version], [http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/download/journal/LeinsterJournalDec09.pdf original pdf] | ||
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 06:50, 7 March 2012
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
- 1816 102nd Regiment of Foot renamed the 100th Regiment of Foot
- 1818 disbanded
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
- 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
- 100th (or Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The History of the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), late the 100th Prince of Wales Royal Canadian Regiment by Lieutenant Colonel F. E. Whitton, first published 1924, has been republished by Naval and Military Press. This book is available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop and is also available at the British Library
- The Irish in Uniform: The Leinster Regiment
- Article "The Cautionary Tale of Pte Patrick O’Hare", of the 1st Leinsters. Details the temperance tract published 1897 regarding the murders in 1894 at Ahmedabad committed while under the influence of alcohol, and subsequent execution of Private O Hara. pages 4-6 The 40/10 The Journal of the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Regimental Association December 2009 html version, original pdf
