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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004556/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/087RIrF.htm The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213234356/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/087-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080201140622/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/089-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004556/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/087RIrF.htm The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213234356/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/087-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080201140622/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/089-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000103-Royal-Irish-Fusiliers-Regimental-Museum.htm Royal Irish Fusiliers Regimental Museum] at Armagh. Army Museums Ogilby Trust
*[http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000103-Royal-Irish-Fusiliers-Regimental-Museum.htm Royal Irish Fusiliers Regimental Museum] at Armagh. Army Museums Ogilby Trust
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and future database for the Royal Irish Fusiliers (87th and [[89th Regiment of Foot|89th]] 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 Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]] 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]]


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The Royal Irish Fusiliers

Chronology

  • 1793 raised as the 87th (The Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot
  • 1820 became the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 89th Regiment of Foot to become 1st Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), later changed to The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
  • 1968 amalgamated with The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers to become The Royal Irish Rangers
  • 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

Historical Books Online

Historical Record of the Eighty-Seventh Regiment, or the Royal Irish Fusiliers : containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1853 Archive.org. Indian service commences page 16 in 1815 in Calcutta.

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