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*[[Siege and Relief of Pegu Dec 1852|Pegu]] 1852
*[[Siege and Relief of Pegu Dec 1852|Pegu]] 1852
*[[Recapture of Lucknow|Lucknow]] 1858
*[[Recapture of Lucknow|Lucknow]] 1858
==Regimental history==
''Neill's "Blue Caps" : being the record of the antecedents and early history of the regiment variously known as the East India Company's European Regiment, the Madras European Regiment, the 1st Madras European Regiment, the 1st Madras European Fuziliers, the 1st Madras Fuziliers, the 102nd Royal Madras Fuziliers, and the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers'' by Colonel H C Wylly 1924.
<br> In three volumes: Vol. 1 1639-1826; Vol. 2 1826-1914; Vol. 3 1914-1922.
<br> Available at the [[British Library]] BLL01013175822  and also in reprint editions.<ref>''Neill’s ‘Blue Caps’'' [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/neills-blue-caps-vol-11639-1826/ Vol. 1], [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/neills-blue-caps-vol-21826-1914/  Vol. 2], [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/neills-blue-caps-vol-31914-1922-2/ Vol. 3] There is also a set of more expensive editions, possibly hardback. Naval & Military Press.</ref>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
'''Wikipedia''':
'''Wikipedia''':
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/withhavelockfro00groogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''With Havelock from Allahabad to Lucknow, 1857''] by William Tate Groom 1894 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/withhavelockfro00groogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''With Havelock from Allahabad to Lucknow, 1857''] by William Tate Groom 1894 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n580/mode/1up "The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Battalion I:  late 102nd  Regiment of Foot"] page 559  ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n580/mode/1up "The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Battalion I:  late 102nd  Regiment of Foot"] page 559  ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513692/page/n11/mode/2up ''An Old Soldier’s Memories''] by S. H. Jones-Parry,  late Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers.  1897 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in 1849. He initially joined the 52nd Madras Native Infantry (age 19) then 1st Madras Fusiliers in 1850 (page 24) He took part in the [[2nd Burma War]] and the [[Indian Mutiny]]. He left India,  c early-mid 1860s.
==References==
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Revision as of 02:51, 4 August 2020

Part of the Madras European Infantry.

Chronology

  • 1742 Major Stringer Lawrence raised the first troops for the East India Company in Madras in 1742. By 1766 they had three regiments.
  • 1746 known as East India Company European Regiment
  • 1766 renamed 1st Madras Europeans
  • 1774 became the 1st Madras European Regiment (1st & 2nd Battalions)
  • 1799 became the The Madras European Regiment (single battalion)
  • 1824 became the The Madras European Regiment (1st & 2nd Battalions)
  • 1830 reduced to single battalion
  • 1839 became the 1st Madras (European) Regiment
  • 1843 became the 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers
  • 1858 taken into the British Army as the 1st Madras Fusiliers
  • 1861 became the 1st Royal Madras Fusiliers
  • 1862 renamed 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
  • 1881 merged with the 103rd Regiment of Foot and became 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
  • 1922 disbanded on the formation of the Irish Free State

Service in British India

Battle Honours

Regimental history

Neill's "Blue Caps" : being the record of the antecedents and early history of the regiment variously known as the East India Company's European Regiment, the Madras European Regiment, the 1st Madras European Regiment, the 1st Madras European Fuziliers, the 1st Madras Fuziliers, the 102nd Royal Madras Fuziliers, and the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers by Colonel H C Wylly 1924.
In three volumes: Vol. 1 1639-1826; Vol. 2 1826-1914; Vol. 3 1914-1922.
Available at the British Library BLL01013175822 and also in reprint editions.[1]

External Links

Wikipedia:

Other

Historical books online

References

  1. Neill’s ‘Blue Caps’ Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 There is also a set of more expensive editions, possibly hardback. Naval & Military Press.