Military unit
100th Regiment of Foot Uniform
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.
History
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The regiment was raised in
Ireland
as the
100th Regiment of Foot
for service in the
Napoleonic Wars
in 1804.
[1]
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."
[2]
During the
War of 1812
the regiment served on the Canadian frontier. A detachment was present at the
Battle of Sackett's Harbour
in May 1813.
[3]
Major George Taylor captured two 10-gun American vessels, the
Growler
and
Eagle
, on 3 June 1813 on the Sorrell River near
Ile aux Noix
on the Canadian side of the lake, after a fight of three-and-a-half hours; British casualties were three men wounded and American casualties were one man killed and eight severely wounded.
[4]
(Both vessels were taken into Royal Navy service, but the Americans recaptured them the next year.)
[a]
The regiment was given an extra descriptor as the
100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)
in 1813.
[1]
The whole regiment took part in the
Capture of Fort Niagara
in December 1813.
[3]
From there, they were engaged on raids to
Buffalo
and Black Rock in late December 1813.
[3]
In July 1814, the regiment 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"
.
[6]
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
. The Colonel of the Regiment was Brig.
Sir Frederick John Falkiner, Bt.
[7]
In February 1816 the regiment was renumbered as the
99th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)
, then withdrawn to England in 1818 to be disbanded at Chatham.
[1]
As the
Napoleonic Wars
ended, England was faced with thousands of returning soldiers. Rather than having them all return to England and Ireland, many of soldiers of the 100th Foot were offered and accepted land-grants in
Upper Canada
. The largest settlement from the 100th Foot was in
Richmond, Ontario
.
[8]
The transport
Hussaren
arrived at Quebec from Cowes on 31 May with 124 officers and men of the
76th
and 99th Regiments of Foot.
[9]
Colonels of the Regiment
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Colonels of the Regiment were:
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- 100th Regiment of Foot
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Prize money in the amount of
£
5 7
s
10
d
currency per share was awarded, with a private being allocated one share and a major 30 shares, though an officer commanding independently, such as Taylor, received a double allocation.
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Regimental titles in
italics
indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.
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