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==Chronology== | ==Chronology== | ||
*'''1742''' Major Stringer Lawrence raised the first troops for the East India Company in Madras in 1742. By 1766 they had three regiments. | *'''1742''' [[Stringer Lawrence|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 | *'''1746''' known as East India Company European Regiment | ||
*''' | *'''1766''' renamed 1st Madras Europeans | ||
*'''1839''' | *'''1774''' became the 1st Madras European Regiment (1st & 2nd Battalions) | ||
*'''1843''' | *'''1799''' became the The Madras European Regiment (single battalion) | ||
*'''1858''' taken into the British Army as the 1st Madras | *'''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) | *'''1862''' renamed 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) | ||
*'''1881''' merged with the [[103rd Regiment of Foot]] and became 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers | *'''1881''' merged with the [[103rd Regiment of Foot]] and became 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers | ||
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*'''1744''' [[1st Carnatic War]] | *'''1744''' [[1st Carnatic War]] | ||
*'''1751''' [[2nd Carnatic War]] | *'''1751''' [[2nd Carnatic War]] | ||
*'''1756''' [[3rd Carnatic War]] | |||
*'''1763''' India | *'''1763''' India | ||
*'''1816''' India | *'''1816''' India | ||
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*'''1910''' [[Ahmadnagar]] | *'''1910''' [[Ahmadnagar]] | ||
*'''1914''' [[Madras]] | *'''1914''' [[Madras]] | ||
== Battle Honours == | |||
== External | *[[Siege of Arcot 1751|Arcot]] 1751 | ||
*[[Battle of Plassey|Plassey]] 1757 | |||
*[[Battle of Condore|Condore]] 1758 | |||
*[[Battle of Wandiwash|Wandiwash]] 1760 | |||
*[[Capture of Pondicherry 1761|Pondicherry]] 1761 | |||
*[[Siege of Nandidrug|Nundy Droog]] 1791 | |||
*[[Capture of Amboyna 1810|Amboyna]] 1810 | |||
*[[Capture of Ternate 1810|Ternate]] 1810 | |||
*[[Capture of Banda 1810|Banda]] 1810 | |||
*[[Battle of Mahidpore|Maheidpoor]] 1817 | |||
*[[1st Burma War|Ava]] 1823-26 | |||
*[[Siege and Relief of Pegu Dec 1852|Pegu]] 1852 | |||
*[[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 1923. | |||
<br> In three volumes: Vol. 1 1639-1826; Vol. 2 1826-1914; Vol. 3 1914-1922. | |||
<br> Now available online, see below. | |||
== External links == | |||
'''Wikipedia''': | '''Wikipedia''': | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Madras_European_Fusiliers 1st Madras European Fusiliers] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Madras_European_Fusiliers 1st Madras European Fusiliers] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dublin_Fusiliers Royal Dublin Fusiliers] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dublin_Fusiliers Royal Dublin Fusiliers] | ||
'''Other''' | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060617/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/102-862.htm 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221210023/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/102.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060622/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/102Dubln.htm The Royal Dublin Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221210023/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/102.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080103195948/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/103.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website | |||
*[http://www.dublin-fusiliers.com/ Royal Dublin Fusiliers: a Forgotten Regiment] including [http://www.dublin-fusiliers.com/battaliions/1-battalion.html 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers] www.dublin-fusiliers.com | |||
*[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 (102th and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]] | |||
====Historical books online==== | |||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=o4gfAAAAYAAJ ''A sketch of the services of the Madras European Regiment during the Burmese War''] by Major John Butler (1839) Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/a-sketch-of-the-services-of-the-madras-european-regiment-during-the-burmese-war/mode/2up Archive.org version]. | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xQ0ZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Historical+record+of+the+honourable+East+India+Company's+first+Madras+European+regiment:&hl=en&ei=J2_WTrn5ItKksgbc7IEi&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false''Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras European Regiment: Containing an Account of the Establishment of Independent Companies in 1645; Their Formation Into a Regiment in 1748; and Its Subsequent Services to 1842''] by [[James Neill|James George Smith Neill]], Staff Officer (1843). [http://books.google.com/books?id=MoUfAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PR16 Page xvi] of the introduction (at the very front of the book) mentions the recruitment in the early days of a few Swiss mercenaries, [[French]] prisoners of war (after their release), 400 Germans at the [[South Africa|Cape of Good Hope]] in 1795 and more Germans in the Eastern Islands [Amboyna] in 1810. Also see [[German]]. | |||
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.05639/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Regimental Records of the First Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers: formerly the Madras Europeans, the Madras European Regiment, the First Madras Fusiliers, the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers 1644-1842''] 1910. Archive.org. An edited version of the previous book "presented in a clear and readable form". | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ybQnAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Royal+madras+Fusiliers&as_brr=3&ei=VrDQSa78E52UMefruesC#PPP1,M1 ''Services of 102nd Regiment of Foot 1842-1867''] by Colonel Thomas Raikes (1867) Google Books | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/vol1-bluecaps/Vol1BlueCaps/ ''Neill’s "Blue Caps" Volume 1 1639-1826 and Volume 2 1826-1914''] by Colonel H C Wylly (Harold Carmichael) 1923 Archive.org. | |||
:[https://archive.org/details/vol3-bluecaps/page/n7/mode/2up ''Neill’s "Blue Caps" Volume 3 1914-1922''] by Colonel H C Wylly (Harold Carmichael) 1923 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/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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[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:22, 5 November 2023
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
- 1744 1st Carnatic War
- 1751 2nd Carnatic War
- 1756 3rd Carnatic War
- 1763 India
- 1816 India
- 1824 1st Burma War
- 1852 2nd Burma War
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1879 Ceylon
- 1910 Ahmadnagar
- 1914 Madras
Battle Honours
- Arcot 1751
- Plassey 1757
- Condore 1758
- Wandiwash 1760
- Pondicherry 1761
- Nundy Droog 1791
- Amboyna 1810
- Ternate 1810
- Banda 1810
- Maheidpoor 1817
- Ava 1823-26
- Pegu 1852
- 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 1923.
In three volumes: Vol. 1 1639-1826; Vol. 2 1826-1914; Vol. 3 1914-1922.
Now available online, see below.
External links
Wikipedia:
Other
- 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived website
- The Royal Dublin Fusiliers including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
- Royal Dublin Fusiliers: a Forgotten Regiment including 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers www.dublin-fusiliers.com
- The Royal Irish [Regiment] Details of Museums and database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (27th and 108th Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles (83rd and 86th Regiments of Foot), and the Royal Irish Fusiliers (87th and 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 and 94th Regiments of Foot), the Dublin Fusiliers (102th and 103th Regiments of Foot) and the (18th) Royal Irish Regiment
Historical books online
- A sketch of the services of the Madras European Regiment during the Burmese War by Major John Butler (1839) Google Books. Archive.org version.
- Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras European Regiment: Containing an Account of the Establishment of Independent Companies in 1645; Their Formation Into a Regiment in 1748; and Its Subsequent Services to 1842 by James George Smith Neill, Staff Officer (1843). Page xvi of the introduction (at the very front of the book) mentions the recruitment in the early days of a few Swiss mercenaries, French prisoners of war (after their release), 400 Germans at the Cape of Good Hope in 1795 and more Germans in the Eastern Islands [Amboyna] in 1810. Also see German.
- The Regimental Records of the First Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers: formerly the Madras Europeans, the Madras European Regiment, the First Madras Fusiliers, the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers 1644-1842 1910. Archive.org. An edited version of the previous book "presented in a clear and readable form".
- Services of 102nd Regiment of Foot 1842-1867 by Colonel Thomas Raikes (1867) Google Books
- Neill’s "Blue Caps" Volume 1 1639-1826 and Volume 2 1826-1914 by Colonel H C Wylly (Harold Carmichael) 1923 Archive.org.
- Neill’s "Blue Caps" Volume 3 1914-1922 by Colonel H C Wylly (Harold Carmichael) 1923 Archive.org.
- With Havelock from Allahabad to Lucknow, 1857 by William Tate Groom 1894 Archive.org
- "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
- 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.