101st Regiment of Foot
See 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers for the regiment that was placed on the British establishment in 1861 and designated 101st Regiment of Foot.
Chronology
1st Raising
- 1760 raised as the 101st Regiment of Foot known as Johnstone's Highlanders after its first Major-Commandant, Sir James Johnstone of Westerhall
- 1763 disbanded
2nd Raising
- 1780 raised in Ireland as the 101st Regiment of Foot
- 1785 disbanded
3rd Raising
- 1794 raised in Ireland as the 101st Regiment of Foot
- 1795 disbanded
4th Raising
- 1805 raised in Ireland as the 101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish)
- 1817 disbanded
Service in British India
- 1781 India
- 1783 2nd Mysore War
- 1784 India
External Links
Johnstone's Highlanders Wikipedia
Historical books online
- "Extract from the Journal of an Officer of the 101st Regiment relative to the attack of Cuddalore by Major General Stuart June 1783" from The Political magazine and parliamentary, naval, military, and literary journal, Volume 7 for the year 1784 Google Books