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The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment
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| 100th (or Prince
of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion,
The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) |
| 109th Regiment
of Foot (Bombay Infantry) |
2nd Battalion,
The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
100th : 1804, when raised in Ireland. Became the 99th Foot in 1816,
disbanded 1818. In 1858 the Regiment was raised again as the 100th in Canada
for British Army service. |
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109th : 1853, when raised at Poona as the 3rd Bombay (European) Regiment, a
regiment of the Honourable East India Company. The Regiment transferred to
the British Army in 1862 as the 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry). |
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| Motto: |
Ich Dien |
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Regimental Journal: |
The Maple Leaf |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 32 |
Victoria Crosses; 4 |
Died; 1980 |
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| Disbanded: |
1922, on the creation of The Irish Free State. |
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Indian Mutiny 1857-59 3rd
Bombay (European) Regiment |
Indian Mutiny Medal. 1857 -59 |
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....none... |
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689 |
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VCs: 1 ; Whirlpool,
see VC Page |
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Battle Honour:
Central India |
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1881: The Regiments now become the 1st and 2nd Battalions,The Prince of
Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) | | | |
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Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902. 1st Battalion, May 1900 to the end
of the War and 2nd Battalion Jan 1902- the end of the War. |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the
King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 (KSA normally 1st Battalion only) |
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Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: |
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Casualties: |
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Officers |
NCOs and Men |
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KIA & DOW/ DOD |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
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1st Battalion |
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1 / 4 |
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9 |
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2nd Battalion |
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6 |
9 |
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Battle Honour: South Africa 1900-1902 |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918
( 7 battalions; 4 served overseas:- ) |
Generally awarded the
British War Medal &
Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a
1914 or
1914-15 Star. |
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Battalion → |
1* |
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6 |
7 |
date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
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20/12
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12/9
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5/8
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18/12
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Flanders |
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Gallipoli |
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Egypt & Palestine |
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Mesopotamia | |
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Macedonia |
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Star
possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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or 1914-15 only |
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Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost an additional 104 officers who
are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions
not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a
battalion.) |
364 |
1092 |
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280 |
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India at the start, moved to the UK. |
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Regular |
Territorial Force |
New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
2 officers and 7 men of the Leinster Regiment also qualified for this
medal. |
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VCs: 4; Cunningham, Holland, Moffat, O'Neill
see VC Page |
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Battle Honours: Aisne 1914; Ypres 1915,17,18;
Somme 1916,18; Guillemont; Vimy 1917; Messines 1917; St. Quentin;
Macedonia 1915-17; Gallipoli 1915; Jerusalem; Armentières 1914;
Gravenstafel; St. Julien; Frezenberg; Delville Wood; Ginchy; Arras
1917; Pilckem; Langemarck 1917; Bapaume 1918; Rosières; Courtrai;
France and Flanders 1914-18; Kosturino; Struma; Suvla; Sari Bair;
Gaza; Tell 'Asur; Megiddo; Nablus; Palestine 1917-18. |
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