Stations of the 100th and 109th Regiments of Foot, and of The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) from first raising until final Disbandment.
1853 – 1922 Compiled by Colonel Peter Walton. |
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YEAR | 100th Regiment of Foot | 109th Regiments of Foot |
1853 | Raised as 3rd Bombay European Regiment | |
1854-57 | Poona | |
1858 | Raised in Canada (Montreal – Quebec)
Shorncliffe |
October – Operations
November – Mhow |
1859 | Shorncliffe (New Colours) | Mhow |
May – Gibraltar | ||
1860 | Gibraltar | Karachi |
1861 | Gibraltar | Karachi |
1862 | Gibraltar | Karachi |
Subsumed into 109th Foot | ||
1863 | Gibraltar
October – to Malta |
Karachi |
1864 | Malta
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Karachi
November – to Aden |
1865 | Malta | Aden |
1866 | Malta
October – to Canada November – Montreal, then Ottawa |
Aden (New Colours)
November – to Poona |
1867 | Ottawa
June – to Montreal |
Poona
December – to Multan |
1868 | Montreal
October – to Glasgow |
Multan |
1869 | Glasgow
September – to Manchester |
Multan |
1870 | Manchester
October – to Bury (Lancashire) |
Multan
November – to Mean Meer December – to Delhi/Roorki |
1871 | Bury
June – to Aldershot |
Delhi/Roorki |
1872 | Aldershot
September – to Portsmouth |
Delhi/Roorki |
1873 | Portsmouth | Delhi/Roorki |
The regiments linked for the first time with a common HQ at Birr. | ||
1874 | Portsmouth
May – to Dublin |
Delhi/Roorki
February – to Dinapore |
1875 | Dublin
August – to Kilkenny |
Dinapore |
1876 | Kilkenny
June – to Portsmouth |
Dinapore |
1877 | Portsmouth
October/November – to Jullundur |
Dinapore
December – to Portsmouth |
The Battalions meet at Jubbulpore. | ||
1878 | Jullundur
December – to Sialkot |
Gosport
August – to Portsmouth |
1879 | Sialkot
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Portsmouth
September – to Aldershot |
1880 | Sialkot
December – to Amballa |
Aldershot |
1881 | Amballa
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Aldershot
December – to Preston |
The two battalions re-mustered as 1st and 2nd Battalions
The Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (The Royal Canadians). |
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1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion | |
1882 | Amballa | Preston
July – to Dublin, then the Curragh November – to Birr |
1883 | Amballa
November – to Fyzabad |
Birr |
1884 | Fyzabad | Birr |
1885 | Fyzabad
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Birr
September – to Fermoy |
1886 | Fyzabad
October – to Calcutta |
Fermoy
May – to Limerick |
1887 | Calcutta
(March – New Colours) |
Limerick |
1888 | Calcutta | January – to Shorncliffe |
1889 | Calcutta | Shorncliffe |
1890 | Calcutta – to Agra | Shorncliffe |
1891 | Agra | Shorncliffe
February – to Aldershot |
1892 | Agra
December – to Deesa |
Aldershot |
1893 | Deesa | Aldershot |
1894 | Deesa
March – to Poona December – to UK |
Aldershot
November – to Gozo |
1895 | Tipperary
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Gozo
November – to Bermuda |
1896 | Tipperary | Bermuda |
1897 | Tipperary
September – to Birr |
Bermuda
October – to Halifax, Nova Scotia [NS] |
1898 | Birr
April – to Halifax, NS
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Halifax, NS
May – to Jamaica October – to Barbados |
May 1898 – the Battalions met at Halifax, NS | ||
1899 | Halifax, NS | Barbados |
1900 | Halifax, NS
April – to S Africa via UK |
Barbados |
1901 | S Africa (Operations) | Barbados |
1902 | S Africa (Operations)
October – to Fermoy |
January – to S Africa |
1903 | Fermoy | S Africa |
1904 | Fermoy
June – to Shorncliffe |
S Africa |
1905 | Shorncliffe | January – to Mauritius |
1906 | Shorncliffe
February – to Blackdown |
Mauritius
(April – New Colours) |
1907 | Blackdown | Mauritius
December – to Calcutta |
1908 | Blackdown | Calcutta
March – to Jullundur |
1909 | Blackdown
February – to Devonport |
Jullundur |
1910 | Devonport | Jullundur |
1911 | Devonport
October – to Bareilly |
Jullundur
November – to Cork |
1912 | Bareilly | Cork |
1913 | Bareilly
(February – New Colours) November – to Fyzabad |
Cork |
1914 | Fyzabad
October – to UK December – Mobilised in 82 Brigade (France & Flanders) |
Cork
September – Mobilised in 17 Brigade 6 Division (France & Flanders)
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1915 | France & Flanders
December – to Salonika |
France & Flanders |
1916 | Salonika | France & Flanders |
1917 | Salonika
September – to Egypt |
France & Flanders |
1918 | Egypt, then to Palestine | France & Flanders |
1919 | Palestine
August – to Portsmouth November – to Madras |
Germany
June – to Portsmouth November – to Colchester |
1920 | Madras | Colchester |
1921 | Madras | Colchester
June – to Silesia |
1922 | Madras
April – to Chatham, then Colchester |
Silesia
March – to Colchester |
12 June 1922
Disbandment Colours handed to King George V at Windsor Castle |