100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)

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unit_name= 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)


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dates= 1804 to 1818.
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type=Line Infantry
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The 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment) was raised in Ireland in 1804 for service in the Napoleonic Wars. After a few weeks, Lieutenant Colonel John Murray was appointed to command; he was to remain in this post for most of the regiment's active service.

The 100th were transferred to Nova Scotia in 1805, with 271 men being lost when the troopship "Aeneas" was wrecked off Newfoundland. They were then stationed in Canada proper. In 1807, Colonel Isaac Brock, then serving on the staff in North America, reported favourably on the regiment while they were serving as garrison for Quebec City, and commented, "The men were principally raised in the north of Ireland, and are nearly all Protestants; they are robust, active, and good looking." [ [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14428 The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. online at Project Gutenberg] ]

During the War of 1812 the regiment served on the Canadian frontier, first seeing action at Sackett's Harbour in May 1813, and then at the Capture of Fort Niagara in December. From there, they were engaged on raids to Buffalo and Black Rock in late December.

In July 1814, they saw action at the Battle of Chippawa (or Street's Creek), where the regiment took heavy losses, reduced to "one Captain & 3 subalterns doing duty, with 250 effective men". [Letter from Sir Gordon Drummond to Sir George Prevost, July 13, 1814] They then served at the Siege of Fort Erie in the closing months of the year. For their services in the defence of Canada, they were awarded the battle honour Niagara.

In 1816 the regiment was renumbered the 99th Foot, then withdrawn to England in 1818 to be disbanded at Chatham.

A later 100th Foot, the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadians) Regiment of Foot was raised in Canada in 1858 and declared the successor to this regiment in 1875; it was amalgamated into The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) in 1881. It was disbanded in 1922.

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References

* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/100-858.htm 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot] , regiments.org