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== Chronology ==
[[File:Soldiersof 1stEuroBengalFusiliers.jpg|thumb|300px|Soldiers of 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, pre-1862]]
*'''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 ==
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*'''1652''' [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
*'''1689''' [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
*'''1694''' [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
*'''1757''' [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|Carnatic War]]
*'''1758''' [[Madras]]
*'''1760''' [[Oude Campaign]]
*'''1764''' India
*'''1774''' [[1st Rohilla War|Rohilla War]]
*'''1781''' [[:Category:2nd Mysore War|Mysore War]]
*'''1784''' [[Bengal]]
*'''1798''' Rohilcund & Rajputana
*'''1805''' [[Bengal]]
*'''1809''' [[Madras]]
*'''1814''' [[:Category:Gurkha War 1814-16|Nepal]]
*'''1817''' [[:Category:3rd Maratha War|Pindari War]]
*'''1818''' [[Bengal]]
*'''1826''' [[:Category:Jat War 1825-26|Jat War]]
*'''182?''' [[Agra]]
*'''1831''' [[Dinapore]]
*'''1835''' [[Meerut]]
*'''1838''' [[:Category:1st Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
*'''1840''' [[:Category:Kurnool Campaign 1839|Kurnool]]
*'''184?''' [[Umballa]]
*'''1845''' [[:Category:1st Sikh War|1st Sikh War]]
*'''1850''' [[:Category:2nd Burma War 1852-53|2nd Burma War]]
*'''1855''' India
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
*'''1859''' [[Lahore]]
*'''1863''' [[Umballa]]
*'''1868''' [[Cawnpore]]
*'''1902''' [[Multan]]
*'''1905''' [[Rawalpindi]]
*'''1912''' [[Burma]]
</div>
Private Martin Rabbette, Royal Munster Fusiliers  died from cholera in May 1908, whilst serving on the North West Frontier, Shabkader, India.<ref> mayopeacepark.ie, webpage no longer available.</ref>
== Battle Honours ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
*[[Battle of Plassey|Plassey 1757]]
*[[Battle of Condore|Condore 1758]]
*[[Battle of Buxar|Buxar 1764]]
*[[1st Rohilla War|Rohilcund 1774]]
*[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur 1781]]
*[[Gujerat Campaign 1780|Guzerat 1782]]
*[[Battle of Deig|Deig 1804]]
*[[Battle of Ghazni 1839|Ghuznee 1839]]
*[[:Category:1st Afghan War|Affghanistan 1839]]
*[[Battle of Ferozeshah|Ferozeshah 1845]]
*[[Battle of Sobraon| Sobraon 1846]]
*[[Siege and Relief of Pegu Dec 1852|Pegu 1852]]
*[[Recapture of Delhi Sep 1857|Delhi 1857]]
*[[Second Lucknow Relief|Lucknow 1857]]
</div>
== External links ==
*[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Bengal_European_Regiment Bengal European Regiment] www.kronoskaf.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers) 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=First+European+Regiment&hl=en&ei=xzZyTK7rOciOjAfqyMz6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false List of Officers in 1829] Google Books
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060607/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm deployments] regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070926223229/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101Munst.htm The Royal Munster Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112150140/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.htm 2nd Battalion] regiments.org, an archived website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161023134251/http://royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a1menu1.htm The Munster Fusiliers], now an archived website (unfortunately many internal links are no longer valid) including
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054942/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm  Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millett Brown V. C. Bengal Staff Corps. previously 1st Bengal European Fusiliers], now archived.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050427/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6butlr.htm Major Thomas Adair Butler V.C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers], now archived.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210122190423/http://vconline.org.uk/james-mcguire-vc/4587597033 Sergeant James McGuire V. C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers] vconline.org.uk, archived.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20211203020457/http://www.vconline.org.uk/miles-ryan-vc/4588149515 Drummer Miles Ryan V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers]. vconline.org.uk, archived
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20211203004723/http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-mcgovern-vc/4587595222 Private John McGovern V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers]. vconline.org.uk, archived
*[http://www.rmfa92.org/ The Royal Munster Fusiliers Association] including
**[http://www.rmfa92.org/history/ Regimental History]
**[http://www.rmfa92.org/gallery/ Photo Gallery]
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and  database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]]  Regiments of Foot),  and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ([[87th Regiment of Foot|87th]]  and [[89th Regiment of Foot|89th]] Regiments of Foot). In addition, in time it is intended to include in the database the names of many soldiers who served in what have become known as the Disbanded Irish Regiments, such as the Connaught Rangers, ([[88th Regiment of Foot|88th]] and [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th]]  Regiments of Foot),  the Dublin Fusiliers ([[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|102th]] and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]. The Leinster Regiment  ([[100th Regiment of Foot|100th]] and [[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|109th]] Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Munster Fusiliers  (101st and [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|104th]] Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.
==== Historical books online ====
*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbengale00innerich ''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
*[https://archive.org/details/histroyalmunsterfusiliers-v1/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Volume 1 From 1652 to 1860''] by  Captain S McCance 1927 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/histroyalmunsterfusiliers-v2/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Volume 2 From 1861 to 1922 (Disbandment)''] by  Captain S McCance 1927 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=5WJCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42 ''The history of the Sikhs (etc)''] (Vol II) by William Lewis M’Gregor MD, Surgeon 1st European Light Infantry (1846) Google Books. Contains details of the [[1st Sikh War]] from page 42.  M'Gregor was appointed surgeon to the Regiment 7th February 1843.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GrICAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Delhi+Campaign+1857&as_brr=3#v=onepage&=Delhi%20Campaign%201857&f=false "The First Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign"] from ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Volume 83, January-June 1858'', pages 121-137 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=P7YCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA73 "The First Bengal European Fusiliers at Lucknow"] from ''Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Volume 84, July-December 1858'', pages 73-85 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n571/mode/1up  "Royal Munster Fusiliers Battalion I:  late 101st Regiment of Foot"] page 550 ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan''] by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). Chapters II-IV cover the Indian Mutiny period. During this time Thornton was attached to  [[5th Regiment of Foot|
H M 5th Fusiliers]], then  [[90th Regiment of Foot|H M 90th Light Infantry]], then  the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers.
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 20 November 2024

Chronology

Soldiers of 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, pre-1862
  • 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


Private Martin Rabbette, Royal Munster Fusiliers died from cholera in May 1908, whilst serving on the North West Frontier, Shabkader, India.[1]

Battle Honours

External links

Historical books online

History of the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Volume 2 From 1861 to 1922 (Disbandment) by Captain S McCance 1927 Archive.org

References

  1. ↑ mayopeacepark.ie, webpage no longer available.

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