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Armed Forces / 99th Regiment of Foot
« on: Saturday 09 January 16 17:45 GMT (UK) »
I have found from the wedding certificate of William Hewetson Mathew, Sub Inspector RIC, born 1803 in Tipperary that his father William, served as a Lieutenant in the 99th Regiment of Infantry.
I found that the 99th had been raised and disbanded several times but that the fourth “99th” were raised Tipperary Ireland in 1803, on the renewal of the war with France, and entitled “The Prince of Wales’s Tipperary Regiment,” which served in the West Indies and in Canada.
Interestingly I have found that two Colonels of the regiment at that time were Lord Viscount Mathew and the Honourable Montague Mathew!
Surely co incidences.
Does anyone know anything about the regiments time in Tip before they left for the West Indies and Canada?
Glenn
I found that the 99th had been raised and disbanded several times but that the fourth “99th” were raised Tipperary Ireland in 1803, on the renewal of the war with France, and entitled “The Prince of Wales’s Tipperary Regiment,” which served in the West Indies and in Canada.
Interestingly I have found that two Colonels of the regiment at that time were Lord Viscount Mathew and the Honourable Montague Mathew!
Surely co incidences.
Does anyone know anything about the regiments time in Tip before they left for the West Indies and Canada?
Glenn