HUNDRED AND FOURTH FOOT.
The Regiment was raised in India.
It received its Title in 1850 for its services in the Punjaub Campaign of 1848–1849.
Its officers are allowed to wear scarlet bands to their forage caps, as a mark of the distinguished services of the Regiment in India.
The first Regiment numbered the 104th was the 104th or the King’s Volunteers, raised in 1760, and disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised in 1781, and disbanded in 1783.
The third was the 104th Royal Manchester Volunteers, raised in 1794, and disbanded in 1795.
The fourth was raised in 1805, and disbanded in 1816.