NINETY-NINTH FOOT.
The Regiment was raised in Lanarkshire.
It bears “The Duke of Edinburgh’s Coronet and Cypher.”
The first Regiment numbered the 99th was raised in 1760, and disbanded in 1763.
The second was the 99th or Jamaica Regiment of Foot, raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised in 1794, and disbanded in 1798.
The fourth was raised in 1804, received the title of “Prince of Wales’s Tipperary” in 1811, and was disbanded in 1818 as the 98th. It had Yellow facings.
The fifth was raised in 1805 as the 100th, renumbered 99th in 1815, it was disbanded in 1818 as the “99th His Royal Highness the Prince Regent’s County of Dublin.” Its facings were Yellow.