Difference between revisions of "1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers"

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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

101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Wikipedia
Royal Munster Fusiliers Wikipedia
1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign Google Books
The history of the Bengal European regiment : now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and how it helped to win India by Percival Robert Innes 1885 Archive.org

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 == 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<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
+[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<br>
+''The history of the Bengal European regiment : now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and how it helped to win India'' by Percival Robert Innes 1885 [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbengale00innerich Archive.org]