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*'''1881''' merged with the [[100th Regiment of Foot]] (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) to form The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).
*'''1922''' disbanded on Irish independence
== Service in British India ==
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
*'''1866''' India
*'''1907''' [[Dalhousie]]
==Jaeger (Jager) Corps==
In 1860 the 109th Regiment of Foot in India was joined by 500 men of the Jaeger Corps who had volunteered from the Cape Colony (part of South Africa under British Occupation until 1910) for service in India on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny according to this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-03/1078511503 thread].
There are India Office Records at the British Library [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-3-12#1-3-12 British Army in India: Nominal and Casualty Rolls of Jager Corps Volunteers '''IOR/L/MIL/15/31-36'''] 1860-1866
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