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Famously the 99th Foot a Scottish regiment became the 2nd Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment.
When Cardwell informed the Scottish 91st and [[93rd Regiments Regiment of Foot ]] they were to be joined, there were riots in Scotland. Scottish MPs in the Houses of Parliament came to blows! What was this new regiment? The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
The former [[East India Company Army]] regiment were raised to serve in the Indian sub-continent, and had no connection with the UK whatsoever! The 101st and 104th Foot became the 1st & 2nd Battalions of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, the 102nd and 103rd became the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
