page_title: Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
section_title: Battle honours
hierarchical_section_title: Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) / Battle honours
caption_attribution_description: English: Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff: grave of Sgt WH Fitzmaurice, Leinster Regiment, in the Commonwealth War Graves section
context_page_description: The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 100th Regiment of Foot and the 109th Regiment of Foot. The 100th Foot was first raised in 1858 and the 109th was first raised in 1853. Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Birr. It was disbanded with the Partition of Ireland following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922 when the five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state were disbanded.
context_section_description: The regiment's battle honours were as follows:
  From 100th Regiment of Foot: Niagara
  From 109th Regiment of Foot: Central India
  Second Boer War: South Africa 1900–02
  The Great War:
caption: Grave in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales, of Sergeant WH Fitzmaurice, Leinster Regiment, who died in 1919
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