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*[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
*[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
*[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
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n280/mode/1up/  "The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Battalion II: late 108th  Regiment of Foot"] page  257  ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org , Digital Library of India Collection.


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Latest revision as of 11:53, 31 March 2017

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

Chronology

  • 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

Service in British India

External Links

Historical books online