1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers
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
- 1662 Bombay
- 1751 2nd Carnatic War
- 1763 India
- 1767 Persia
- 1789 3rd Mysore War
- 1799 4th Mysore War
- 1821 Arabian Peninsular
- 1839 Aden
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1889 Nusserabad
- 1892 Karachi
- 1894 Quetta
- 1897 Bombay
- 1919 Multan
External Links
Historical Books Online
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
Other
1st Bombay European Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Wikipedia
Officers in HM’s 103rd, 106th and 109th Regiments, page 772 from The Bombay Miscellany Volume 4, May to October 1862