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

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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

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
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.
"1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign" from Blackwoods Magazine vol. 83 (1858) Google Books

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 == External links ==
+*[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Bengal_European_Regiment Bengal European Regiment] www.kronoskaf.com
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers) 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] Wikipedia
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia