The 99th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1824. It amalgamated with the 62nd Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Edinburgh's in 1881.
General Sir Colin Campbell, colonel of the regiment in the 1830s, by William Salter
A memorial erected by the 99th Regiment of Foot at Anglesea Barracks, Hobart to commemorate the soldiers of the regiment killed during the New Zealand Wars. This is the only monument built by British soldiers in Australia to commemorate their casualties.
The 62nd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was raised in 1756 and saw service through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgama
99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot
…The 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1824. It amalgamated with the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) in 1881. The regiment was raised in Edinburgh by Major-General Gage John Hall as the 99th Regiment…
Carrickfergus Castle
1772 illustration of a regimental corporal and officer
Illustration of a regimental private in 1778
The regiment at the Battle of Ferozeshah