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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)

The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot and the 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry). The 100th Foot was first raised in 1858 and the 109th was first raised in 1853.[1][2][3] Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, with its Birr Barracks home depot in Birr.[4] It was disbanded with the Partition of Ireland following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922 when the five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state were disbanded.[5]

Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment

1881–1922

 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British Army

Infantry Regiment

Line Infantry

2 Regular Battalions

3 Militia and Special Reserve Battalions

2 Hostilities-only Battalions

Birr Barracks, Birr

Royal Canadians

Prince of Wales

Ich Dien (I Serve)

Quick: The Royal Canadian; Come Back to Erin

From 100th Regiment of Foot:

Niagara

From 109th Regiment of Foot:

Central India

Second Boer War:

South Africa 1900–02

The Great War:

The regiment's battle honours were as follows:[16]

Lieutenant , Great War

John Vincent Holland

Corporal , Great War

John Cunningham

Private , Great War

Martin Joseph Moffat

Sergeant , Great War

John O'Neill

1919–: F.M. HM

King Edward VIII

1881–1890 (1st Battalion): Gen. Sir , KCB (ex 100th Foot)

Alexander Gordon

1881–1889 (2nd Battalion): Gen. Sir , KCB (ex 109th Foot)

Richard Denis Kelly

1890–1891: Gen. , CB

Henry Meade Hamilton

1891–1894: Gen. Sir , KCMG

Patrick Leonard MacDougall

1894–1910: Lt-Gen.

Alastair McIan Macdonald

1910–1919: Maj-Gen. George Upton Prior

1919–1922: Maj-Gen. Sir , KCB, CMG, DSO, DCM

Gerald Farrell Boyd

1922: Regiment disbanded

Colonels of the regiment were:[16]

Cottrell, Peter (2008). The Irish Civil War 1922-23, Saorstát Éireann Forces. Osprey Publishing Ltd.  978-1-84603-270-7.

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Harris, Henry E.D. (1968). The Irish Regiments in the First World War. Cork: Mercier Press.  978-0853420729.

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Harris, R.G. (1999) [1989]. "Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)". The Irish Regiments 1689-1999. New York: Sarpedon.  1-885119-62-3.

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Hitchcock, F.C. (2009). Stand To, a Diary of the Trenches 1915–1918. Naval & Military Press.  978-1843421603.

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Murphy, David (2007). Irish Regiments in the World Wars. Osprey Publishing.  978-1-84603-015-4.

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Whitton, F.C. (2004). Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians): the History of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), late the 100th Prince of Wales Royal Canadian Regiment. Vol. 2 volumes. Naval & Military Press.  978-1843427988.

ISBN

Mills, T.F. . regiments.org. Archived from the original on February 12, 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007. Includes chronological index of titles.

"The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)"

. Department of the Taoiseach. 2011.

"Irish Soldiers in the First World War"

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"Queen Victoria's Royal Canadians"

The Canadian Origins and Associations of The 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot and The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)

Historical sketch of the 100th Prince of Wales Royal Canadian Regiment

THE LEINSTER REGIMENT