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*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and  database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]]  Regiments of Foot),  and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ([[87th Regiment of Foot|87th]]  and [[89th Regiment of Foot|89th]] Regiments of Foot). In addition, in time it is intended to include in the database the names of many soldiers who served in what have become known as the Disbanded Irish Regiments, such as the Connaught Rangers, ([[88th Regiment of Foot|88th]] and [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th]] Regiments of Foot),  the Dublin Fusiliers ([[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|102th]] and 103th Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and  database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]]  Regiments of Foot),  and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ([[87th Regiment of Foot|87th]]  and [[89th Regiment of Foot|89th]] Regiments of Foot). In addition, in time it is intended to include in the database the names of many soldiers who served in what have become known as the Disbanded Irish Regiments, such as the Connaught Rangers, ([[88th Regiment of Foot|88th]] and [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th]] Regiments of Foot),  the Dublin Fusiliers ([[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|102th]] and 103th Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]


====Historical Books Online====
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/crownandcompany00unkngoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''Crown and Company, the Historical Records of the 2nd Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, formerly the 1st Bombay European Regiment  1662-1911]'' by Major Arthur Mainwaring (1911) Archive.org<br />
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/crownandcompany00unkngoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''Crown and Company, the Historical Records of the 2nd Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, formerly the 1st Bombay European Regiment  1662-1911]'' by Major Arthur Mainwaring (1911) Archive.org<br />
*''Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay'' from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR13&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Muster roll in Cannanore] Google Books
*''Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay'' from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR13&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Muster roll in Cannanore] Google Books
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=z58EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA165 "Annual [Medical<nowiki>]</nowiki> Report of the 1st Bombay European Regiment (Fusiliers) for the year 1858-59"], page 165 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume V, New Series 1859'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=z58EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA165 "Annual [Medical<nowiki>]</nowiki> Report of the 1st Bombay European Regiment (Fusiliers) for the year 1858-59"], page 165 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume V, New Series 1859'' Google Books
*''Records of Sport and Military Life in Western India'' by  Lieut-Colonel Thomas Gamble  Fraser 1881. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034B12#?#loaded&c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1219.2441%2C-125.3889%2C3886.4882%2C2507.7778  British Library Digital],  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/101833 Pdf download, Digital Library of India].  Born 1807, he joined the Bombay Army, (1st Bombay Fusiliers), as a young Cadet,  aged 16  c 1823  and  retired 1st January 1856. Includes some reminiscences of James Outram.
*''Records of Sport and Military Life in Western India'' by  Lieut-Colonel Thomas Gamble  Fraser 1881. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034B12#?#loaded&c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1219.2441%2C-125.3889%2C3886.4882%2C2507.7778  British Library Digital],  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/101833 Pdf download, Digital Library of India].  Born 1807, he joined the Bombay Army, (1st Bombay Fusiliers), as a young Cadet,  aged 16  c 1823  and  retired 1st January 1856. Includes some reminiscences of James Outram.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n588/mode/1up "The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Battalion II: late 103rd  Regiment of Foot"]  page 567 ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org


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Revision as of 11:23, 31 March 2017

Chronology

  • 1662 raised in England to garrison Bombay
  • 1668 named The Bombay Regiment on transfer to HEIC
  • 1839 renamed 1st Bombay (European) Regiment
  • 1844 renamed 1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers
  • 1858 taken into the British Army
  • 1862 renamed 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)
  • 1881 merged with the 102nd Regiment of Foot and became 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
  • 1922 disbanded on the formation of the Irish Free State

Service in British India

External Links

Historical books online