109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)

other units with the same regimental number 109th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) 109th Regiment of Foot 1853–1881 23px East India Company (1853–1858)United Kingdom (1858–1881) 23px Bombay Army (1853–1862)United Kingdom (1862–1881) Infantry One battalion Birr Barracks, Birr, County Offaly Indian Rebellion The 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). History thumb|left|General Sir Richard Denis Kelly, colonel of the regiment in the early 1880s The regiment was originally raised by the Honourable East India Company in 1853 as the 3rd Bombay (European) Regimenthttp://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) April 15, 2007 Mills T.F. regiments.org https://web.archive.org/web/20080113060648/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm 13 January 2008 and then saw action in India in 1857 during the Indian Rebellion.http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/109.htm 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry): Locations Regiments.org 1 April 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071222005614/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/109.htm 22 December 2007 After the Crown took control of the Presidency armies in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the 3rd Bombay Regiment in November 1859. It was then renumbered as the 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) on transfer to the British Army in September 1862. It embarked for England in 1877. As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 109th was linked with the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot, and assigned to district no. 67 at Birr Barracks in Birr, County Offaly.http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm dead 10 February 2006 Training Depots Regiments.org 16 October 2016 On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot to form the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). Battle honours The regiment's battle honours were: Indian Mutiny: Central India Regimental Colonels The Regimental Colonels were: 1862–1873: Gen. Sir William Wyllie, GCB 1873–1880: Gen. Mark Kerr Atherley 1880–1881: Gen. Sir Richard Denis Kelly, KCB References 30em External links http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) April 15, 2007 Mills T.F. regiments.org https://web.archive.org/web/20080113060648/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm 13 January 2008 Category:Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Category:Infantry regiments of the British Army Category:Honourable East India Company regiments Category:Military units and formations established in 1853 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1881 Category:1853 establishments in India