The 99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1780 by Charles Rainsforth and disbanded in 1783.[1]
It was raised in the Midlands for service in the West Indies, and spent three years (1780 to 1783) stationed in Jamaica as a garrison unit before being returned to England to be disbanded.[2]
99th, regiment, foot, jamaica, regiment, other, units, with, same, regimental, number, 99th, regiment, foot, disambiguation, infantry, regiment, british, army, raised, 1780, charles, rainsforth, disbanded, 1783, raised, midlands, service, west, indies, spent, . For other units with the same regimental number see 99th Regiment of Foot disambiguation The 99th Regiment of Foot Jamaica Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army raised in 1780 by Charles Rainsforth and disbanded in 1783 1 It was raised in the Midlands for service in the West Indies and spent three years 1780 to 1783 stationed in Jamaica as a garrison unit before being returned to England to be disbanded 2 Lieutenant General Robert Skene was Colonel of the Regimant from 1781 to 1783 3 William Neville Gardiner became a colonel the following year References Edit Frederick J B M 1969 Lineage book of the British Army mounted corps and infantry 1660 1968 Cornwallville NY Hope Farm Press p 312 99th Regiment of Foot Jamaica Regiment Regiments org Archived from the original on 14 May 2006 Retrieved 22 March 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link SKENE Robert 1719 87 of Hallyards Fife History of Parliament Online Retrieved 9 October 2017 This article about a specific British military unit is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 99th Regiment of Foot Jamaica Regiment amp oldid 1084207480, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
