Difference between revisions of "2nd Ceylon Regiment"

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1801 raised as the Ceylon Native Infantry from Sinhalese and later some Madras sepoys
1803 2nd Battalion formed of Malays from Ceylon and Cochin
1804 2nd Battalion became Charles Baillie's Regiment of Foot
1807 became the 2nd Ceylon Regiment
1822 disbanded

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 == Chronology ==
-*'''1801''' became the Malay Regiment and increase to 10 companies with Dutch Malays from St Helena
+*'''1801''' raised as the Ceylon Native Infantry from Sinhalese and later some Madras sepoys
-*'''1807''' became the 1st Ceylon Regiment
+*'''1803''' 2nd Battalion formed of  Malays from Ceylon and Cochin
-*'''1812''' recruitment extended to Javanese
+*'''1804''' 2nd Battalion became Charles Baillie's Regiment of Foot
-*'''1814''' converted to light infantry
+*'''1807''' became the 2nd Ceylon Regiment
-*'''1818''' became the 1st Ceylon Regiment (Light Infantry)
+*'''1822''' disbanded
-*'''1822''' became the Ceylon Regiment (Riflemen)
-*'''1873''' disbanded
 == Deployment ==
-*'''1795''' Ceylon
-*'''1799''' [[4th Mysore War]]
 *'''1803''' [[1st Kandyan War]]
 *'''1815''' [[2nd Kandyan War]]
 *'''1818''' [[Uva Rebellion]]
-*'''1847''' Hong Kong
-*'''1855''' Ceylon
-*'''1866''' Hong Kong
-*'''1870''' Ceylon
 == External Links ==
-[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/ceylon.htm Ceylon Rifle Regiment] Rootsweb<br>
+[http://web.archive.org/web/20060222163408/www.regiments.org/regiments/srilanka/lk-regts/ceyrgt2.htm 2nd Ceylon Regiment] www.regiments.org
-[http://web.archive.org/web/20060310131602/www.regiments.org/regiments/srilanka/lk-regts/ceyrif1.htm Ceylon Rifle Regiment] www.regiments.org
 [[Category:Ceylon Infantry Regiments]]