89-й пехотный полк (Принцессы Виктории): История и слияния

British Army infantry regiment
other units with the same regimental number

The 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army, raised on 3 December 1793. Under the Childers Reforms the regiment amalgamated with the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot to form the Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) in 1881.

The regiment was raised in Dublin by Major General William Crosbie as the 89th Regiment of Foot, in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 3 December 1793. The regiment was sent to join the Duke of York's army in the Netherlands in summer 1794 as part of the unsuccessful defence of that country against the Republican French during the Flanders Campaign. It was posted to Ireland and, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Lord Blayney, it saw action at the Battle of Vinegar Hill in June 1798 during the rebellion. It was posted to Malta in 1800 and arrived in Egypt in March 1801 for service in the Egyptian Campaign. After defeat in the battle Lord Blayney and most of his troops were held as prisoners of war for the next four years. The battalion went on to fight at the Battle of Buffalo in December 1813. The men of the 2nd Battalion also fought at the Battle of Longwoods in March 1814. After the British troops had crossed the bridge, Basden was wounded in the leg, and his men fell back into a ravine where the Americans fired on them from a height and inflicted heavy casualties. The men from the 2nd Battalion also saw action at the Battle of Lundy's Lane in July 1814 and the Siege of Fort Erie in August 1814 before embarking for home in June 1815. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot to form the Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers).