HUNDRED AND FIRST FOOT.
The Regiment was formed from three Companies of the East India Company’s “Bombay European Regiment.”
It received its Title in 1846 for its conduct in the Sutlej Campaign.
Its facings during the last century cannot be traced.
It was nicknamed “The Dirty Shirts” from fighting in its shirt-sleeves at Delhi in 1857.
The first Regiment numbered 101st was the 101st Highlanders raised in 1760, and disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised in 1794, and disbanded in 1795.
The fourth was the “101st Duke of York’s Irish” raised in 1805, and disbanded in 1816.