101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish)
101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish) | |
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Active | 1805–1817 |
Disbanded | 4 companies: 24 August 1816; 6 companies: 7 January 1817 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | infantry |
Engagements | Napoleonic Wars |
The 101st Regiment of Foot (Duke or York's Irish) was a regiment in the British Army raised in 1805 by Honourable Henry Augustus Dillon and disbanded in 1817. It was the last unit in the British Army to be raised through a contract with an individual.
History
Formation
The regiment was raised through a letter of service to
Recruitment
The regiment's commanding officer was William Pollock, who had seen active service in the
Napoleonic Wars and disbandment
Although the establishment of the regiment was set at 1,000 men, when it was added to the British Army it was set at 10 companies with 76 privates each. Like many single battalion British regiments, a recruiting company was added in 1809. Initially, the regiment was stationed in Ireland, then Jersey before being sent to Nova Scotia.[8] After two years there it was sent to Jamaica, and was quartered at Spanish Town and Stony Hill.[9] It spent the rest of the Napoleonic Wars in Jamaica until it returned to the UK in 1816 and 1817. Four companies were landed at Portsmouth on 18 June 1816 and disbanded on 24 August 1816 at Hilsea Barracks, followed by the remaining six companies which landed on 17 December 1816 and were disbanded on 7 January 1817.[10]
Notes
- ^ This approach had been common in the eighteenth century, particularly in the 1790s, but was abandoned by the Commander-in-Chief the Duke of York who thought it was frequently corrupt, damaged the status of officers, and competed with recruiting for other units.
References
- ^ a b "101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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- ^ "Gordon to la Cayenne" (2 May 1806). Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies, Series: Home Office: Military Correspondence, ID: HO 50/403. Kew, London: The National Archives.
- ^ "No. 15950". The London Gazette. 30 August 1806. p. 1137.
- ISBN 978-0-230-27305-4.
- ^ Philippart, John (2015). The royal military calendar, containing the services of every general officer in the British army. p. 189. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, Brian (eds.). O'Malley, George (1780–1843).[permanent dead link]
- ^ Morgan, Henry James (1903). Types of Canadian Women. Vol. 1. Toronto: William Briggs. p. 322.
... was born in Nova Scotia, December 21st, 1807, her father being stationed there, at the time, in command of his regiment, the 101th Foot.
- ^ "Inspection of the 101st Regiment of Foot" (18 January 1814). Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies, Series: Office of the Commander-in-Chief and War Office: Adjutant General and Army Council: Inspection Returns, ID: WO 27/122. Kew, London: The National Archives.
- ^ "101st Regiment of Foot". Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies, Series: Regimental Records: Series 2, ID: WO 380/4. Kew, London: The National Archives. The National Archives, Kew.