The 100th Regiment of Foot, or the Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

, formed in 1780 and disbanded in 1785. The Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment was reformed in 1794 as the

123rd Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincolnshire) The 123rd Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincolnshire) was an infantry regiment of the British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the ...

and was again disbanded in 1796.

History

The regiment was raised in Ireland by Colonel Thomas Humberstone, with Lieutenant-General Thomas Bruce assuming the colonelcy in August 1780. It was dispatched to India shortly after being raised, and fought in the

Second Anglo-Mysore War The Second Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the conflict between Britain against the French and Dutch in ...

; after surrendering at the

Siege of Bednore The siege of Bednore was a battle of the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The British had captured Bednore (modern day Nagara) and other strongholds in the Malabar coast from Mysore in early 1783, while the Mysore leader, Tipu Sultan, was leading his arm ...

on 28 April 1783, it was interned before returning to Ireland in 1784. It was disbanded in Ireland in 1785. The "Loyal Lincolnshire" title was later reused by the 123rd Foot, raised in 1794 and disbanded in 1796.

Colonels

Colonels of the regiment were as follows: *1780 Col. Thomas Frederick Mackenzie Humberston lso 72nd Hldrs*1780.08.05 Lt-Gen. Hon. Thomas Bruce o 1785; also 16th Foot (As 123rd) *1794 Edward Letherland o 1795

References

{{Regiments of Foot Infantry regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1780 Military units and formations disestablished in 1785 1780 establishments in Great Britain 1785 disestablishments in Great Britain