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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86th_(Royal_County_Down)_Regiment_of_Foot 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86th_(Royal_County_Down)_Regiment_of_Foot 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
 
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and  database for the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and 86th  Regiments of Foot), the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] 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]]
====Historical Books Online====
====Historical Books Online====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00canniala#page/n13/mode/2up ''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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00canniala#page/12/mode/2up page 13] in 1799 in Madras.
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00canniala#page/n13/mode/2up ''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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00canniala#page/12/mode/2up page 13] in 1799 in Madras.
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 12:02, 10 June 2013

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

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.