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Military unit
The
100th Regiment of Foot
, or the
Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment
, was an infantry regiment of the
British Army
, formed in 1780 and disbanded in 1785. The Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment was reformed in 1794 as the
123rd Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincolnshire)
and was again disbanded in 1796.
History
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The regiment was raised in Ireland by Colonel
Thomas Humberstone
, with Lieutenant-General
Thomas Bruce
assuming the colonelcy in August 1780.
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It was dispatched to India shortly after being raised, and fought in the
Second Anglo-Mysore War
;
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after surrendering at the
Siege of Bednore
on 28 April 1783, it was interned before returning to Ireland in 1784.
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It was disbanded in Ireland in 1785.
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The "Loyal Lincolnshire" title was later reused by the
123rd Foot
, raised in 1794 and disbanded in 1796.
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Colonels
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Colonels of the regiment were as follows:
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- 1780 Col. Thomas Frederick Mackenzie Humberston [also 72nd Hldrs]
- 1780.08.05 Lt-Gen. Hon. Thomas Bruce [to 1785; also 16th Foot]
(As 123rd)
- 1794 Edward Letherland [to 1795]
References
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Regimental titles in
italics
indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.
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