New South Wales Corps
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The New South Wales Corps, later known as the 102d Regiment of Foot, and lastly as the 100th Regiment of Foot, was a formation of the British Army organised in 1789 in England to relieve the New South Wales Marine Corps, which had accompanied the First Fleet to New South Wales. In Australia, the New South Wales Corps gained notoriety for its trade in rum and mutinous behaviour.
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New South Wales Corps | |
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Active | 1789–1818 |
Disbanded | 24 March 1818 (as the 100th Regiment of Foot) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Line infantry |
Size | One battalion |
Nickname(s) | "Rum Corps" |
Facings | Yellow |
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Reconstituted as the 102d Regiment of Foot, it was transferred to Bermuda and Nova Scotia, before taking part in the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812. Reconstituted for the second time after the war as the 100th Regiment of Foot, it was disbanded in 1818.