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*'''1968''' amalgamated with the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot to form The Royal Irish Rifles | *'''1968''' amalgamated with the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot to form The Royal Irish Rifles | ||
*'''1991''' amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form the new The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment). | *'''1991''' amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form the new The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment). | ||
== Service in British India == | |||
*'''1799''' [[Madras]] | |||
*'''1799''' [[Bombay]] | |||
*'''1800''' [[Ceylon]] | |||
*'''1801''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1801|Egypt]] | |||
*'''1802''' [[Bombay]] | |||
*'''1803''' [[2nd Maratha War]] | |||
*'''1806''' [[Bombay]] | |||
*'''1806''' Goa | |||
*'''1810''' [[Mauritius Campaign]] | |||
*'''1810''' [[Madras]] | |||
*'''1854''' India | |||
*'''1810''' [[Mauritius Campaign]] | |||
*'''1810''' [[Mauritius Campaign]] | |||
*'''1810''' [[Mauritius Campaign]] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 12:06, 7 September 2010
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot, know as the Royal Irish Rifles from 1881.
Chronology
- 1793 raised as Sir Cornelius Cuyler's Shropshire Volunteers at Shrewsbury from men of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire as a volunteer corps
- 1794 became the 86th (the Shropshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
- 1795 absorbed personnel of 118th Regiment of Foot
- 1806 became the 86th (The Leinster) Regiment of Foot
- 1812 became the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 83rd (County of Dublin) 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 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot to form The Royal Irish Rifles
- 1991 amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form the new The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment).
Service in British India
- 1799 Madras
- 1799 Bombay
- 1800 Ceylon
- 1801 Egypt
- 1802 Bombay
- 1803 2nd Maratha War
- 1806 Bombay
- 1806 Goa
- 1810 Mauritius Campaign
- 1810 Madras
- 1854 India
- 1810 Mauritius Campaign
- 1810 Mauritius Campaign
- 1810 Mauritius Campaign
External Links
Historical Books Online
Historical Record of the Eighty-Sixth, or the Royal County Down Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1842 Archive.org. Indian service commences page 13 in 1799 in Madras.
Other
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Royal Irish Rangers Wikipedia