The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians),
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 109th (Bombay Infantry) Regiment; with Militia Battalions.
3rd Batt. The King's County Militia.
4th Batt. The Queen's County Militia.
5th Batt. The Meath Militia.
The Plume of the Prince of Wales.
A Maple Leaf.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1761-63. The 100th (Highland) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1780-84. The 100th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-18[?]. The 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; the late 92nd, now 2nd Gordon Highlanders.
1805-19. The 100th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot; disbanded as the 99th.
1816-18. The 100th (Duke of York's Irish) Regiment of Foot; raised as the 101st.
1858-1881. The 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt.
1761-63. The 109th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-95. The 109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1854-58. The Hon. East India Company's 3rd (Bombay European) Regiment.
1858-61. The 3rd (Bombay) Regiment.
1861-81. The 109th (Bombay Infantry) Regiment.
1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1761-62. Martinique.
1761. Belle Isle.
1783. Carnatic.
1812-14. Canada.
*1813. Niagara (1).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1858. Central India (2).
1858. Ratgur.
1858. Barodia.
1858. Sangor.
1858. Garrakota.
1858. Muddenpore.
1858. Betura.
1858. Jhansi.
1858. Koouch.
1858. Calpe.
1858. Morar.
1858. Gwalior.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet with Blue facings (from formation with 1st Batt., the 2nd Batt. wore White facings till 1881).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Plume of the Prince of Wales," "A Maple Leaf" (the late 100th was raised in Canada).
Nicknames.—"The German Mob" (of the 109th, from the number of Germans in the regiment when taken over from the Hon. East India Company). "The Brass Heads" (also of the 109th because, physique being good, they suffered little from the sun).
Notes.—The 100th Foot was an expression of Canadian loyalty at the time of the Mutiny.