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The '''111th Regiment of Foot (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers)''' was an [[infantry]] regiment of the [[British Army]] from 1794 to 1796. It was formed on 30 May 1794 and disbanded in February 1796.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_ephemeral.html |title=British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793–1815: the "Ephemeral Corps" 1793–1796 |website=www.napoleon-series.org |access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref>
In 1794 the regiment was raised in Birmingham as Robert's Regiment of Foot and posted to [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]]. In August 1795 it was to be posted to the [[Caribbean]] to take part in a [[Haitian Revolution#The British "great push"|British invasion of Saint-Domingue]]. The invasion had already suffered heavy losses to [[yellow fever]]. On hearing of the plan, soldiers of the regiment [[Mutiny|mutinied]] in [[Dublin]].{{sfn|Perry|2005|p=72}} In February 1796 the regiment was disbanded and its men were transferred to various regiments at [[Cork (city)|Cork]] bound for the [[Caribbean]].
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==Sources==
*{{cite book |last=Perry |first=James |year=2005 |title=Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them |publisher=Edison: Castle Books }}
==External links==
*{{cite web |url=https://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_ephemeral.html |title=British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793–1815: the "Ephemeral Corps" 1793–1796 |website=www.napoleon-series.org |access-date=9 June 2019}}
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