101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish)

other units with the same regimental number 101st Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) 101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish) 1805–1817 United Kingdom United Kingdom 4 companies: 24 August 1816; 6 companies: 7 January 1817 infantry Napoleonic Wars Commander The 101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of 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 Honourable Henry Augustus Dillon in 1805.http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-781.htm 101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish) Regiments.org 26 March 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20060618055254/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-781.htm 18 June 2006 Dillon had served in the Catholic Irish Brigade from 1792 to 1798. The new regiment was recruited in Ireland, and it establishment was set at 1,000 rank and file. Dillon was granted significant patronage through the letter of service, as he was permitted to nominate the officers to the unit. The officers that Dillon nominated received a promotion for joining the unit. Duke of York to Lord Hawkesbury https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2065471 HO 50/402 7 October 1805 Home Office: Military Correspondence Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C150 The National Archives Kew, London However, gathering the officers from their previous regiments led to some delay before it was formally incorporated as part of the British Army. Gordon to la Cayenne https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2065474 HO 50/403 2 May 1806 Home Office: Military Correspondence Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C150 The National Archives Kew, London The regiment was added to the British Army on 25 July 1806, and the officer appointments were announced in The London Gazette on 30 August 1806.30 August 1806 15950 1137 On 8 September 1806 the regiment was given the title 101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish). It was probably the last unit in the British Army to be raised through a letter of service - a contract between the Army and individual to raise men.Linch Kevin Britain and Wellington's Army: Recruitment, Society and Tradition, 1807-15 2011 Palgrave MacMillan Basingstoke 978-0-230-27305-4 108–109This 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. Note Recruitment The regiment's commanding officer was William Pollock, who had seen active service in the Siege of Fort St. Philip on Minorca during the American Revolutionary War, becoming a prisoner of war after the siege. He then served in Ireland and England between 1782 and 1792 before being sent to Gibraltar and participating in the Toulon. Service in the Mediterranean followed, in Corsica and Portugal in 1797. After this, he was sent to the East Indies, before returning to Ireland on recruiting duty during 1806 in the run up to the 101st Foot being established.Philippart John The royal military calendar, containing the services of every general officer in the British army 2015 189 https://books.google.com/books?id=_SgBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA189 15 April 2016 Pollock was assisted in the recruitment by Major George O'Malley. O'Malley commanded the unit during its deployment overseas, but wanted to serve in Europe, a wish that was granted in 1815 when he became the commander of the 2nd battalion of 44th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Waterloo.Chichester H. M. Matthew H. C. G. Harrison Brian Oxford Dictionary of National Biography O'Malley, George (1780–1843) 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.wam.leeds.ac.uk/view/article/20752January 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes 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.Morgan Henry James 1903 Types of Canadian Women 1 William Briggs Toronto 322 https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft/page/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." After two years there it was sent to Jamaica, and was quartered at Spanish Town and Stony Hill. Inspection of the 101st Regiment of Foot https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2208224 WO 27/122 18 January 1814 Office of the Commander-in-Chief and War Office: Adjutant General and Army Council: Inspection Returns Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C259 The National Archives Kew, London 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. 101st Regiment of Foot https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C41084 WO 380/4 Regimental Records: Series 2 Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C259 The National Archives Kew, London The National Archives, Kew. Notes Note References 30em Category:Irish regiments of the British Army Category:1806 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:1817 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Category:Military units and formations established in 1806 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1817