1st / 99th Foot (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot 1843 - 1856

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The Regiment
Known as (nickname)................................................... " Queens Pets " The Lankarks
Facings............................................................................ PALE YELLOW
Braided Lace.................................................................. The 99th wore no lace
Service in Australia ....................................................... 1842 saw the 99th Regiment leave Chatham for Tasmania and arrived in Sydney 1843.The 99th was a very unpopular Regiment with the 11th Regiment being bought to Sydney to control the 99th. 1848 The 99th was stationed in Hobart and left Australia in 1856. Stationed at Hobart, Sydney, Norfolk Island, Victoria, Moreton Bay,
Commanding Officer......................................................Lieut. Colonel H. Despard

Surnames of the 99th Regiment soldiers who stayed
Weapons used by the 99th Regiment
Representation of the 99th Regiment Uniform
Ships the 99th Regiment sailed on
Some information about Morton Bay Penal Settlement

This Regiment began its military term in 1760 but was know only as the 99th Regiment of Foot. After 3 years of service as the 99th the Regiment was disbanded .
Following is a short history of its reforms and disbandment
1780...99th (Jamaica) Regiment of Foot disbanded 1804
1804...98th (Prince of Wales" Tipperary) Regiment of Foot disbanded 1815
1815...99th ( H. R. H. . The Prince Regent's County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot disbanded 1818
1824...99th ( Lanarkshire )Regiment of Foot
1832...99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot
1874...99th (The Duke of Edinburgh's Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot
1881....Linked with 62nd Regiment and became The 2nd Battalion of the The Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment
Present.....Forms part of The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire & Wiltshire)
First Detachment 99th Foot Regiment came to Australia as a guard on the convict ship " North Briton,
which "was bringing convicts out to Tasmania in 1842.
Second Detachment 99th Foot Regiment came to Australia as a guard on the convict ship " John Renwick "
which was bringing convicts out to Tasmania in 1842.
Third Detachment 99th Foot Regiment came to Australia as a guard on the convict ship " Candahar "
which was bringing convicts out to Tasmania in 1842.
After serving sometime in the Parramatta area and also Port Phillip, they were sent to New Zealand to
engage the Maoris.
Regimental Museum of the Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment. The Museum site is www.thewardrobe.org
Military records of the Regiment , Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records. Reference: Records of the 99th Mitchell Library Sydney, Australia
E- mail address
bmchapman@iprimus.com.au
Last revised: April 28, 2008.