3rd Madras (European) Infantry: Difference between revisions

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Part of the Madras European Infantry, later renamed the 108th Regiment of Foot.

1766 raised as the 3rd Madras European Regiment
1774 absorbed into 1st and 2nd Madras European Regiments
1777 reformed as the 3rd Madras European Regiment
1796 disbanded
1854 raised as the 3rd Madras (European) Infantry
1858 taken into the British Army
1859 became the 3rd Madras Infantry
1862 renamed 108th Regiment of Foot
1881 amalgamated with the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot to form The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1968 merged with the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Royal Irish Fusiliers and became the Royal Irish Rangers

108th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Irish Rangers Wikipedia
Royal Irish Regiment Wikipedia
108th Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
The Inniskillings Museum including A Brief History
The Royal Irish [Regiment] Details of Museums and future database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (27th and 108th Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles (83rd and 86th Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Irish Fusiliers (87th and 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 and 94th Regiments of Foot), the Dublin Fusiliers (102th and 103th Regiments of Foot) and the (18th) Royal Irish Regiment. The Leinster Regiment (100th and 109th Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Munster Fusiliers ( 101st and 104th Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.
- Imperial Policing The Inniskillings in India.

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 ===Historical books online===
 *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_jBYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Standing Mess Rules for the Officers of the 3rd Mad. Eur. Regiment''] 1857 Google Books
+*[https://archive.org/details/abyssinianexped00halygoog ''The Abyssinian Expedition and the Management of Troops in the Field in Unhealthy Locations''] by Colonel G T Haly (late of the  108th Foot)1867 Archive.org
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