NINETY-EIGHTH FOOT.
It bears “The Dragon” for China 1842; also “The Plume of the Prince of Wales.”
The first Regiment numbered the 98th was raised in 1760, it served at Havannah 1762, and was disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised in 1794, and is now the 91st Princess Louise’s Argyleshire Highlanders.
The fourth was raised in 1804, and was disbanded in 1818 as the 97th Foot.
The fifth was raised in 1804 as 99th, renumbered 98th “Prince of Wales’s Tipperary,” and was disbanded in 1818. Its facings were Yellow.