The regiment was raised in Ireland on 31 October 1793 as Trench's Regiment of Foot, and was informally known as the "Irish Rangers". The Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant was Eyre Power Trench.[1] The regiment was numbered as 102nd Regiment of Foot in October 1794, and in 1795 was stationed in Guernsey. The regiment was disbanded at Nursling in 1795 and its personnel transferred to the 3rd (the East Kent) Regiment of Foot at Southampton.[2]
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Steve Brown, , The Napoleon Series, archived from the original on 18 November 2012, retrieved 7 April 2012
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102nd, regiment, foot, irish, rangers, other, units, with, same, regimental, number, 102nd, regiment, foot, disambiguation, 102nd, regiment, foot, short, lived, regiment, british, army, raised, 1793, disbanded, 1795, active1793, 1795country, kingdom, great, br. For other units with the same regimental number see 102nd Regiment of Foot disambiguation The 102nd Regiment of Foot was a short lived regiment of the British Army raised in 1793 and disbanded in 1795 102nd Regiment of Foot Irish Rangers Active1793 1795Country Kingdom of Great BritainBranch British ArmyCommandersCommanderLieutenant Colonel Eyre Power Trench The regiment was raised in Ireland on 31 October 1793 as Trench s Regiment of Foot and was informally known as the Irish Rangers The Lieutenant Colonel Commandant was Eyre Power Trench 1 The regiment was numbered as 102nd Regiment of Foot in October 1794 and in 1795 was stationed in Guernsey The regiment was disbanded at Nursling in 1795 and its personnel transferred to the 3rd the East Kent Regiment of Foot at Southampton 2 References edit No 13611 The London Gazette 11 January 1794 p 24 T F Mills 102nd Regiment of Foot UK 1793 1795 archived from the original on 14 November 2007 retrieved 7 April 2012Further reading editSteve Brown British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793 1815 the Ephemeral Corps 1793 1796 The Napoleon Series archived from the original on 18 November 2012 retrieved 7 April 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 102nd Regiment of Foot Irish Rangers amp oldid 1158403635, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
