99th Regiment of Foot
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Six regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 99th Regiment of Foot:
- 99th Regiment of Foot, raised in 1761
- 99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment)99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment)The 99th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1780 and disbanded in 1783.It was raised in the Midlands for service in the West Indies, and spent three years stationed in Jamaica as a garrison unit before being returned to England to be disbanded....
, raised in 1780 - 99th Regiment of Foot, raised in 1794
- 99th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Tipperary Regiment), raised in 1804 and renumbered as the 98th in 1816
- 99th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)The 100th Regiment of Foot was raised in Ireland in 1804 for service in the Napoleonic Wars. After a few weeks, Lieutenant Colonel John Murray was appointed to command; he was to remain in this post for most of the regiment's active service.The 100th were transferred to Nova Scotia in 1805, with...
, renumbered from the 100th in 1816 - 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot, raised in 1824