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== Service in British India ==
 
== Service in British India ==
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*'''1757''' [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|Carnatic War]]
 
*'''1757''' [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|Carnatic War]]
 
*'''1758''' [[Madras]]
 
*'''1758''' [[Madras]]
*'''1760''' Oude Campaign
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*'''1760''' [[Oude Campaign]]
 
*'''1764''' India
 
*'''1764''' India
 
*'''1774''' [[:Category:Rohilla War|Rohilla War]]
 
*'''1774''' [[:Category:Rohilla War|Rohilla War]]
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*'''1905''' [[Rawalpindi]]
 
*'''1905''' [[Rawalpindi]]
 
*'''1912''' [[Burma]]
 
*'''1912''' [[Burma]]
   
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== Battle Honours ==
 
== Battle Honours ==
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*[[Battle of Plassey|Plassey 1757]]
 
*[[Battle of Plassey|Plassey 1757]]
 
*[[Battle of Condore|Condore 1758]]
 
*[[Battle of Condore|Condore 1758]]
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*[[Recapture of Delhi Sep 1857|Delhi 1857]]
 
*[[Recapture of Delhi Sep 1857|Delhi 1857]]
 
*[[Second Lucknow Relief|Lucknow 1857]]
 
*[[Second Lucknow Relief|Lucknow 1857]]
 
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers) 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers) 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GrICAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Delhi+Campaign+1857&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Delhi%20Campaign%201857&f=false 1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign] Google Books

Revision as of 15:38, 10 September 2009

Chronology

  • 1652 raised as HEIC Guard of Honour
  • 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

101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Wikipedia
Royal Munster Fusiliers Wikipedia
1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign Google Books