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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=First+European+Regiment&hl=en&ei=xzZyTK7rOciOjAfqyMz6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false List of Officers in 1829] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=First+European+Regiment&hl=en&ei=xzZyTK7rOciOjAfqyMz6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false List of Officers in 1829] Google Books
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060607/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm deployments] regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070926223229/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101Munst.htm The Royal Munster Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112150140/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.htm 2nd Battalion] regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/ The Munster Fusiliers] includes
*[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/ The Munster Fusiliers] includes
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millett Brown V. C. Bengal Staff Corps. previously 1st Bengal European Fusiliers.]
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millett Brown V. C. Bengal Staff Corps. previously 1st Bengal European Fusiliers.]

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Chronology

Soldiers of 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, pre-1862
  • 1652 raised as HEIC Guard of Honour (Ensign and 30 men)
  • 1685 increased to six companies with troops from England
  • 1756 became Bengal European Regiment
  • 1765 became 1st Bengal European Regiment
  • 1846 became 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers
  • 1861 became 1st Royal Bengal Fusiliers
  • 1861 transferred to the British Army & renumbered 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
  • 1881 combined with the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) and the Militia of Munster to become Royal Munster Fusiliers.
  • 1922 disbanded under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty

Service in British India

Battle Honours

External links


Historical books on-line