1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers

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

• 1757 Carnatic War
• 1758 Madras
• 1760 Oude Campaign
• 1764 India
• 1774 Rohilla War
• 1781 Mysore War
• 1784 Bengal
• 1798 Rohilcund & Rajputana
• 1805 Bengal
• 1809 Madras
• 1814 Nepal
• 1817 Pindari War
• 1818 Bengal
• 1826 Jat War
• 182? Agra
• 1831 Dinapore
• 1835 Meerut
• 1838 Afghanistan
• 1840 Kurnool
• 184? Umballa
• 1845 1st Sikh War
• 1850 2nd Burma War
• 1855 India
• 1857 Indian Mutiny
• 1859 Lahore
• 1863 Umballa
• 1868 Cawnpore
• 1902 Multan
• 1905 Rawalpindi
• 1912 Burma

Battle Honours

• Plassey 1757
• Condore 1758
• Buxar 1764
• Rohilcund 1774
• Sholingur 1781
• Guzerat 1782
• Deig 1804
• Ghuznee 1839
• Affghanistan 1839
• Ferozeshah 1845
• Sobraon 1846
• Pegu 1852
• Delhi 1857
• Lucknow 1857

External Links

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