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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_(County_of_Dublin)_Regiment_of_Foot Royal Ulster Rifles] Wikipedia<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Rangers Royal Irish Rangers] Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_(County_of_Dublin)_Regiment_of_Foot Royal Ulster Rifles] Wikipedia<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Rangers Royal Irish Rangers] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113052055/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/083-793.htm 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071217080127/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/083-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.
 
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_23037#page/n5/mode/2up ''Memoirs and services of the Eighty-Third Regiment, (County of Dublin), from 1793 to 1863''  including the campaigns of the regiment in the West Indies, Africa, the Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada and India''] 1863 Archive.org. Includes [http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_23037#page/n37/mode/2up/ Ceylon 1814-1829], page 25 and [http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_23037#page/n51/mode/2up/  India 1849-1862], page 39
 


[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 10:58, 29 December 2010

The Royal Irish Rifles

Chronology

  • 1793 raised as William Fitch's Regiment of Foot
  • 1795 became the 83rd Regiment of Foot
  • 1859 became the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot, to form The Royal Irish Rifles
  • 1947 grouped with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Royal Irish Fusiliers into the North Irish Brigade
  • 1968 amalgamated with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the Royal Irish Fusiliers to form The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th).
  • 1991 amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form the new The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment).

External Links

Royal Ulster Rifles Wikipedia
Royal Irish Rangers Wikipedia
83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.

Historical books online