1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers
Contents
Chronology
- 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
- 1652 Bengal
- 1689 Madras
- 1694 Bengal
- 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
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)
