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*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbengale00innerich ''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
 
*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbengale00innerich ''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
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=5WJCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42 ''The history of the Sikhs (etc)''] (Vol II) by William Lewis M’Gregor MD, Surgeon 1st European Light Infantry (1846) Google Books. Contains details of the [[1st Sikh War]] from page 42.  M'Gregor was appointed surgeon to the Regiment 7th February 1843.
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=5WJCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42 ''The history of the Sikhs (etc)''] (Vol II) by William Lewis M’Gregor MD, Surgeon 1st European Light Infantry (1846) Google Books. Contains details of the [[1st Sikh War]] from page 42.  M'Gregor was appointed surgeon to the Regiment 7th February 1843.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GrICAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Delhi+Campaign+1857&as_brr=3#v=onepage&=Delhi%20Campaign%201857&f=false "1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign"] from ''Blackwoods Magazine'' vol. 83 (1858) Google Books
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*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GrICAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Delhi+Campaign+1857&as_brr=3#v=onepage&=Delhi%20Campaign%201857&f=false "The First Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign"] from ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Volume 83, January-June 1858'', pages 121-137 Google Books
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=P7YCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA73 "The First Bengal European Fusiliers at Lucknow"] from ''Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Volume 84, July-December 1858'', pages 73-85 Google Books

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Chronology

Soldiers of 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, pre-1862
  • 1652 raised as HEIC Guard of Honour (Ensign and 30 men)
  • 1685 increased to six companies with troops from England
  • 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

Historical books on-line