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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060617/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/102-862.htm 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221210023/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/102.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060617/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/102-862.htm 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221210023/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/102.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060622/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/102Dubln.htm The Royal Dublin Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221210023/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/102.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080103195948/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/103.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060622/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/102Dubln.htm The Royal Dublin Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221210023/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/102.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080103195948/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/103.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://www.dublin-fusiliers.com/  Royal Dublin Fusiliers: a Forgotten Regiment] including [http://www.dublin-fusiliers.com/battaliions/1-battalion.html 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers] www.dublin-fusiliers.com
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and  database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]]  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 (102th and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and  database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]]  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 (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====

Revision as of 12:43, 10 June 2013

Part of the Madras European Infantry.

Chronology

  • 1742 Major Stringer Lawrence raised the first troops for the East India Company in Madras in 1742. By 1766 they had three regiments.
  • 1746 known as East India Company European Regiment
  • 1766 renamed 1st Madras Europeans
  • 1774 became the 1st Madras European Regiment (1st & 2nd Battalions)
  • 1799 became the The Madras European Regiment (single battalion)
  • 1824 became the The Madras European Regiment (1st & 2nd Battalions)
  • 1830 reduced to single battalion
  • 1839 became the 1st Madras (European) Regiment
  • 1843 became the 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers
  • 1858 taken into the British Army as the 1st Madras Fusiliers
  • 1861 became the 1st Royal Madras Fusiliers
  • 1862 renamed 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
  • 1881 merged with the 103rd Regiment of Foot and became 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
  • 1922 disbanded on the formation of the Irish Free State

Service in British India

Battle Honours

External Links

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Other

Historical books online