124th (Waterford) Regiment of Foot

Infantry regiment of the British Army other units with the same regimental number 124th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) April 2022 The 124th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1794 and disbanded in 1795.http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/124.htm regiments.org 124th Regiment of Foot https://web.archive.org/web/20080111042210/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/124.htm 11 January 2008 The regiment was raised in August 1794 as "Beresford's Regiment", under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel William Carr Beresford. Beresford was the illegitimate son of the Marquess of Waterford, and the regiment was raised from the family estates in Waterford.Heathcote T. A. 2010 Wellington's Peninsular War Generals & Their Battles Barnsley, South Yorkshire Pen & Sword Military 978-184884-061-4 12 Lord George Beresford, a younger son of the Marquess, also held a captaincy in the regiment.McGuigan Ron British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars: Beresford, Lord George Thomas https://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/BritishGenerals/c_Britishgenerals106.html Napoleon Series 2014 The regiment was numbered as the 124th Foot the following May, and disbanded in September.Brown Steve British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_ephemeral.html Napoleon Series 2011 It was part of a large wave of thirty new Irish regiments raised in 1793-94 following the British entry into the French Revolutionary Wars, totalling around 25,000 men; in 1795 there was a decision to disband all the highest-numbered regiments, with the men raised being drafted to other regiments for active service.Chart D. A. The Irish Levies during the Great French War The English Historical Review 1917 32 128 497–516 10.1093/ehr/XXXII.CXXVIII.497 550855 https://www.jstor.org/stable/550855 0013-8266 The "old regiments", those on the pre-war establishment, were significantly understrength, and heavy demand for sailors for the Navy had limited the number of new recruits available for the Army.Prebble John Mutiny: highland regiments in revolt, 1743 - 1804 1980 Penguin Books Harmondsworth 0140043284 439 References External links http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/124.htm regiments.org 124th Regiment of Foot https://web.archive.org/web/20080111042210/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/124.htm 11 January 2008 Category:Infantry regiments of the British Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1794 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1795 Category:1794 establishments in Great Britain Category:1795 disestablishments in Great Britain