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	The regiment was originally raised by the [[East India Company\|Honourable East India Company]] in 1853 as the '''3rd Bombay (European) Regiment'''<ref name=regiments>{{cite web\|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm \|title=109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) \|access-date=April 15, 2007 \|last=Mills \|first=T.F.\|work=regiments.org \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113060648/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm\|archive-date=13 January 2008}}</ref> and then saw action in India in 1857 during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]].<ref name=locations>{{cite web\|url=http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/109.htm \|title=109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry): Locations \|publisher=Regiments.org \|access-date=1 April 2017 \|url-status=bot: unknown \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222005614/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/109.htm \|archive-date=22 December 2007 }}</ref> After the Crown took control of the [[Presidency armies]] in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the '''3rd Bombay Regiment''' in November 1859.<ref name=regiments/> It was then renumbered as the '''109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)''' on transfer to the [[British Army]] in September 1862.<ref name=regiments/> It embarked for England in 1877.<ref name=locations/>		The regiment was originally raised by the [[East India Company\|Honourable East India Company]] in 1853 as the '''3rd Bombay (European) Regiment'''<ref name=regiments>{{cite web\|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm \|title=109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) \|access-date=April 15, 2007 \|last=Mills \|first=T.F.\|work=regiments.org \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113060648/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm\|archive-date=13 January 2008}}</ref> and then saw action in India in 1857 during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]].<ref name=locations>{{cite web\|url=http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/109.htm \|title=109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry): Locations \|publisher=Regiments.org \|access-date=1 April 2017 \|url-status=bot: unknown \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222005614/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/109.htm \|archive-date=22 December 2007 }}</ref> After the Crown took control of the [[Presidency armies]] in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the '''3rd Bombay Regiment''' in November 1859.<ref name=regiments/> It was then renumbered as the '''109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)''' on transfer to the [[British Army]] in September 1862.<ref name=regiments/> It embarked for England in 1877.<ref name=locations/>

	As part of the [[Cardwell Reforms]] of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 109th was linked with the [[100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot]], and assigned to district no. 67 at [[~~Crinkill~~ Barracks]] in [[Birr, County Offaly]].<ref name=training>{{cite web\|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=10 February 2006\|title=Training Depots\|publisher=Regiments.org\|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref> On 1 July 1881 the [[Childers Reforms]] came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot to form the [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)]].<ref name=regiments/>		As part of the [[Cardwell Reforms]] of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 109th was linked with the [[100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot]], and assigned to district no. 67 at [[Birr Barracks]] in [[Birr, County Offaly]].<ref name=training>{{cite web\|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=10 February 2006\|title=Training Depots\|publisher=Regiments.org\|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref> On 1 July 1881 the [[Childers Reforms]] came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot to form the [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)]].<ref name=regiments/>

	==Battle honours==		==Battle honours==

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The '''109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)''' was an [[infantry]] regiment of the [[British Army]] from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into [[The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)]].

==History==
[[File:Colonel Richard Denis Kelly.jpg|thumb|left|General [[Richard Kelly (British Army officer)|Sir Richard Denis Kelly]], colonel of the regiment in the early 1880s]]
The regiment was originally raised by the [[East India Company|Honourable East India Company]] in 1853 as the '''3rd Bombay (European) Regiment'''<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm |title=109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) |access-date=April 15, 2007 |last=Mills |first=T.F.|work=regiments.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113060648/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm|archive-date=13 January 2008}}</ref> and then saw action in India in 1857 during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].<ref name=locations>{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/109.htm |title=109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry): Locations |publisher=Regiments.org |access-date=1 April 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222005614/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/109.htm |archive-date=22 December 2007 }}</ref> After the Crown took control of the [[Presidency armies]] in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the '''3rd Bombay Regiment''' in November 1859.<ref name=regiments/> It was then renumbered as the '''109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)''' on transfer to the [[British Army]] in September 1862.<ref name=regiments/> It embarked for England in 1877.<ref name=locations/>

As part of the [[Cardwell Reforms]] of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 109th was linked with the [[100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot]], and assigned to district no. 67 at [[Crinkill Barracks]] in [[Birr, County Offaly]].<ref name=training>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2006|title=Training Depots|publisher=Regiments.org|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref> On 1 July 1881 the [[Childers Reforms]] came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot to form the [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)]].<ref name=regiments/>

==Battle honours==
The regiment's battle honours were:<ref name=regiments/>
* ''Indian Mutiny'': Central India

==Regimental Colonels==
The Regimental Colonels were:<ref name=regiments/>
*1862–1873: Gen. [[William Wyllie (British Army officer)|Sir William Wyllie]], GCB
*1873–1880: Gen. [[Mark Kerr Atherley]]
*1880–1881: Gen. [[Richard Kelly (British Army officer)|Sir Richard Denis Kelly]], KCB

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm |title=109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) |access-date=April 15, 2007 |last=Mills |first=T.F.|work=regiments.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113060648/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/109-862.htm|archive-date=13 January 2008}}
{{Regiments of Foot}}

[[Category:Infantry regiments of the British Army]]
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1853]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1881]]
[[Category:1853 establishments in India]]