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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
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. 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

The regiment was raised in
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as the 100th Regiment of Foot for service in the
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in 1804. The 100th were transferred to Nova Scotia in 1805, with 271 men being lost when the
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'' was wrecked off Newfoundland. They were then stationed in Canada proper. In 1807, Colonel
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, then serving on the staff in North America, reported favourably on the regiment while they were serving as garrison for
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, and commented, ''"The men were principally raised in the north of Ireland, and are nearly all Protestants; they are robust, active, and good looking."'' During the
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the regiment served on the Canadian frontier. A detachment was present at the Battle of Sackett's Harbour in May 1813. Major George Taylor captured two 10-gun American vessels, the ''Growler'' and ''Eagle'', on 3 June 1813 on the Sorrell River near
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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. (Both vessels were taken into Royal Navy service, but the Americans recaptured them the next year.) The regiment was given an extra descriptor as the 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment) in 1813. The whole regiment took part in the
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in December 1813. From there, they were engaged on raids to Buffalo and Black Rock in late December 1813. 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"''. They then served at the
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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. 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. As the
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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
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. The largest settlement from the 100th Foot was in
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. The transport arrived at Quebec from Cowes on 31 May with 124 officers and men of the 76th and 99th Regiments of Foot.Ship Arrivals at the Ports of Quebec, 1817.
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Colonels of the Regiment

Colonels of the Regiment were: ;100th Regiment of Foot *1805–?1818: Brig. Sir Frederick John Falkiner, Bt. * ''disbanded 1818''


Notes


References


External links


100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot
regiments.org, archived on the
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on 13 January 2008
The Regiments of Richmond County, CanadaCanadian Military History Gateway
*Anon. (1908) ''Officers of the British Forces in Canada During the War of 1812-15''. (Welland Tribune Print). * {{DEFAULTSORT:100th Regiment Of Foot (Prince Regent's County Of Dublin Regiment) Infantry regiments of the British Army Irish regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1804 Defunct Irish regiments of the British Army Military units and formations disestablished in 1818 1804 establishments in Ireland 1818 disestablishments in Ireland Irish regiments British military units and formations of the War of 1812