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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004556/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/087RIrF.htm The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213234356/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/087-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080201140622/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/089-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website. | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004556/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/087RIrF.htm The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213234356/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/087-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080201140622/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/089-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website. | ||
*[http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000103-Royal-Irish-Fusiliers-Regimental-Museum.htm Royal Irish Fusiliers Regimental Museum] at Armagh. Army Museums Ogilby Trust | *[http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000103-Royal-Irish-Fusiliers-Regimental-Museum.htm Royal Irish Fusiliers Regimental Museum] at Armagh. Army Museums Ogilby Trust | ||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22172/pages/3731 ''London Gazette 10 August 1858'']. (page 3731) Details an action in which the 89th Regiment took part, as a part of the Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha] Field Force. | |||
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Revision as of 11:21, 22 October 2012
Chronology
1st Raising
- 1759 raised from Clan Donald as the 89th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (or Morris's Highlanders)
- 1765 disbanded
2nd Raising
- 1793 raised as the 89th Regiment of Foot
- 1866 became the 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 87th Regiment of Foot to become 2nd Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), later changed to The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
- 1968 amalgamated with The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Inniskilling 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).
External Links
- 89th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Royal Irish Fusiliers Wikipedia
- Royal Irish Rangers Wikipedia
- 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot including deployments. Regiments.org, an archived website.
- The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website.
- Royal Irish Fusiliers Regimental Museum at Armagh. Army Museums Ogilby Trust
Historical books online
- London Gazette 10 August 1858. (page 3731) Details an action in which the 89th Regiment took part, as a part of the Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha] Field Force.