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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA44&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://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA44&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/20071022111755/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/104-862.htm 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112150140/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.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. | |||
*[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/ The Munster Fusiliers] includes | *[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/ The Munster Fusiliers] includes | ||
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6cadel.htm Colonel Thomas Cadell V.C. Bengal Staff Corps, formerly 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers] | **[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6cadel.htm Colonel Thomas Cadell V.C. Bengal Staff Corps, formerly 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers] | ||
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a5fotold.htm Photographs 2nd Battalion India 1891] | **[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a5fotold.htm Photographs 2nd Battalion India 1891] | ||
*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7266 thread] includes some images of insignia of the 104th Regiment. | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
Revision as of 03:32, 16 July 2012
Also known as 2nd Bengal European Regiment
Chronology
- 1765 formed as the 2nd Bengal European Regiment in HEIC service by division of The Bengal European Regiment
- 1783 renamed the 2nd Bengal European Battalion
- 1796 renamed the 2nd Bengal European Regiment
- 1803 absorbed by The Marine Battalion
- 1822 re-formed as 2nd Bengal European Regiment with volunteers from 1st Regiment
- 1830 absorbed by 1st Regiment
- 1839 re-formed as 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry from a nucleus of 1st Bengal (European) Regiment
- 1850 renamed the 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers
- 1859 renamed the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers
- 1862 renamed the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)
- 1881 merged with the 101st Regiment of Foot and became 2nd Battalion The Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 1922 disbanded on the formation of the Irish Free State
Service in British India
- 1765 India
- 1774 1st Rohilla War
- 1775 India
- 1822 India
- 1825 Arrakan
- 1826 India
- 1839 Hazaribagh
- 1840 Ghazeepore
- 1842 Cawnpore
- 1842 Ferozepore
- 1843 Meerut
- 1843 Umballa
- 1844 Ludhiana
- 1845 Shikapore
- 1845 Sukkur
- 1845 Karachi
- 1846 Rohree
- 1845 Bahawalpore
- 1845 Subatha
- 1848 Ferozepore
- 1848 2nd Sikh War
- 1849 Lahore
- 1850 Agra
- 1853 2nd Burma War
- 1856 India
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1859 Delhi
- 1860 Roorkee
- 1884 Bombay
- 1886 Rangoon
- 1888 Calcutta
- 1892 Cawnpore
- 1897 Dum Dum
- 1868 Cawnpore
- 1899 Dinapore
Battle Honours
External Links
- 2nd Bengal Fusiliers Wikipedia
- Royal Munster Fusiliers Wikipedia
- List of officers in 1829 Google Books
- 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) including deployments regiments.org, an archived website.
- The Royal Munster Fusiliers including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion regiments.org, an archived website.
- The Munster Fusiliers includes
- Victorian Wars Forum thread includes some images of insignia of the 104th Regiment.
Historical books online
- Leaves from the journal of a subaltern during the campaign in the Punjaub Sept.1848 to March 1849 by Daniel Augustus Sandford, Ensign, 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry 1849 Google Books