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==Deployments==
==Deployments==
The 1st Battalion went to India after WW1 and was in India in 1920. One member who was attached to a Signals Company died in Malakand on the North West Frontier,<ref>
The 1st Battalion went to India after WW1 and was in India in 1920. One member who was attached to a Signals Company died in Malakand on the North West Frontier,<ref>
CavalryQM. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/156806-royal-inniskilling-fusiliers-1st-bn-in-india-1920/&do=findComment&comment=2472431 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Bn. in India 1920] ''Great War Forum'' 10 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.</ref> perhaps an indication the Battalion was also in this area.
CavalryQM. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/156806-royal-inniskilling-fusiliers-1st-bn-in-india-1920/?do=findComment&comment=2472431 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Bn. in India 1920] ''Great War Forum'' 10 December 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref> perhaps an indication the Battalion was also in this area.


==Regimental histories==  
==Regimental histories==  
*''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914''. Compiled under the direction of a Regimental Historical Records Committee. [With plates, including portraits.] Published 1928.
*''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914''. Compiled under the direction of a Regimental Historical Records Committee. [With plates, including portraits.] Published 1928. Available in a reprint edition and  on  pay websites, see below.
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_(Inniskilling)_Regiment_of_Foot 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_(Inniskilling)_Regiment_of_Foot 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914''. Compiled under the direction of a Regimental Historical Records Committee, published 1928 is available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/royal-inniskilling-fusiliersbeing-the-history-of-the-regiment-from-december-1688-to-july-1914/ ''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> which in turn is available on the pay websites fold3.com and Forces War Records, both of which are owned by Ancestry. On fold3.com it is to be found in the collection [https://www.fold3.com/publication/933/military-books/browse Military Books]/Britain.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor02goog#page/n9/mode/2up  ''The Historical Record of the 27th Inniskilling Regiment''] by William Copeland Trimble 1876 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor02goog#page/n9/mode/2up  ''The Historical Record of the 27th Inniskilling Regiment''] by William Copeland Trimble 1876 Archive.org
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100002346476.0x000002 ''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the World War''] by Sir Frank Fox. [With plates and maps.] 1928. British Library Digital. Includes the Western Front, Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100002346476.0x000002 ''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the World War''] by Sir Frank Fox. [With plates and maps.] 1928. British Library Digital. Includes the Western Front, Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine.
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==References==
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 10:47, 9 March 2024

The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Chronology

  • 1689 raised as local militia at Enniskillen by General Zachariah Tiffin
  • 1751 became the 27th (Enniskillen) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) to become The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
  • 1968 amalgamated with The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Irish Fusiliers to become The Royal Irish Rangers
  • 1991 amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form the new The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment).

Deployments

The 1st Battalion went to India after WW1 and was in India in 1920. One member who was attached to a Signals Company died in Malakand on the North West Frontier,[1] perhaps an indication the Battalion was also in this area.

Regimental histories

  • The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914. Compiled under the direction of a Regimental Historical Records Committee. [With plates, including portraits.] Published 1928. Available in a reprint edition and on pay websites, see below.

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. CavalryQM. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Bn. in India 1920 Great War Forum 10 December 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914 Naval & Military Press reprint.