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*'''1796''' renamed the 3rd Bengal European Regiment | *'''1796''' renamed the 3rd Bengal European Regiment | ||
*'''1798''' absorbed by 1st Bengal European Regiment and 2nd Bengal European Regiment | *'''1798''' absorbed by 1st Bengal European Regiment and 2nd Bengal European Regiment | ||
| − | *'''1854''' reformed at | + | *'''1854''' reformed at Chinsura as 3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry |
| − | *'''1858''' taken into the British Army as 3rd Bengal Light Infantry | + | *'''1858''' taken into the [[British Army]] as 3rd Bengal Light Infantry |
| − | *'''1861''' renamed | + | *'''1861''' renamed [[107th Regiment of Foot]] (Bengal Light Infantry) |
| − | *'''1881''' | + | *'''1881''' merged with the [[35th Regiment of Foot]] (Royal Sussex) and became 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment |
*'''1966''' merged with four other regiments to form The Queen's Regiment | *'''1966''' merged with four other regiments to form The Queen's Regiment | ||
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== Service in British India == | == Service in British India == | ||
| − | *'''1774''' [[ | + | *'''1774''' [[1st Rohilla War|Rohilla War]] |
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] | *'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] | ||
*'''1885''' [[Hazara]] | *'''1885''' [[Hazara]] | ||
| − | *'''1889''' Ferozepore | + | *'''1889''' [[Ferozepore]] |
*'''1897''' [[Fyzabad]] | *'''1897''' [[Fyzabad]] | ||
*'''1926''' [[Rawalpindi]] | *'''1926''' [[Rawalpindi]] | ||
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*'''1931''' [[Karachi]] | *'''1931''' [[Karachi]] | ||
*'''1933''' Zhob | *'''1933''' Zhob | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/107th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bengal_Light_Infantry) 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Sussex_Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment The Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/107th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bengal_Light_Infantry) 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)] Wikipedia<br> |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Sussex_Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment The Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060643/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/107-862.htm 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080106174547/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/107.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218200329/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/035Sussx.htm The Royal Sussex Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223065736/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/035-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080106174547/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/107.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site | ||
| + | *[http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheRoyalSussexRegiment.htm The Royal Sussex Regimental Collection] at [http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum] Covers the 3rd Bengal Light Infantry and the [[35th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
| + | *[http://www.warlinks.com/memories/brown/life_on_a_troopship.php Life on a Troopship] A Pictorial History featuring the photographs of John Ernest Brown Royal Sussex Regiment. He sailed to India in 1932, and returned in 1937, via Egypt (1935) and the Sudan (1936) | ||
| + | ===Historical books online=== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n331/mode/1up "The Royal Sussex Regiment Battalion II: late 107th Regiment of Foot"] page 308 ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org , Digital Library of India Collection. | ||
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[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:49, 31 March 2017
Chronology
- 1765 raised by HEIC as 3rd Bengal European Regiment by division of The Bengal European Regiment
- 1783 renamed the 3rd Bengal European Battalion
- 1796 renamed the 3rd Bengal European Regiment
- 1798 absorbed by 1st Bengal European Regiment and 2nd Bengal European Regiment
- 1854 reformed at Chinsura as 3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry
- 1858 taken into the British Army as 3rd Bengal Light Infantry
- 1861 renamed 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)
- 1881 merged with the 35th Regiment of Foot (Royal Sussex) and became 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
- 1966 merged with four other regiments to form The Queen's Regiment
Service in British India
- 1774 Rohilla War
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1885 Hazara
- 1889 Ferozepore
- 1897 Fyzabad
- 1926 Rawalpindi
- 1929 Peshawar
- 1931 Karachi
- 1933 Zhob
External Links
- 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) Wikipedia
- The Royal Sussex Regiment Wikipedia
- The Queen's Regiment Wikipedia
- 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Royal Sussex Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Royal Sussex Regimental Collection at Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum Covers the 3rd Bengal Light Infantry and the 35th Regiment of Foot
- Life on a Troopship A Pictorial History featuring the photographs of John Ernest Brown Royal Sussex Regiment. He sailed to India in 1932, and returned in 1937, via Egypt (1935) and the Sudan (1936)
Historical books online
- "The Royal Sussex Regiment Battalion II: late 107th Regiment of Foot" page 308 The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org , Digital Library of India Collection.
