1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers

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Chronology

  • 1652 raised as HEIC Guard of Honour (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

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

Historical Books on-line

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)