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*'''1760''' [[Oude Campaign]] | *'''1760''' [[Oude Campaign]] | ||
*'''1764''' India | *'''1764''' India | ||
*'''1774''' [[ | *'''1774''' [[1st Rohilla War|Rohilla War]] | ||
*'''1781''' [[:Category:2nd Mysore War|Mysore War]] | *'''1781''' [[:Category:2nd Mysore War|Mysore War]] | ||
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*[[Battle of Condore|Condore 1758]] | *[[Battle of Condore|Condore 1758]] | ||
*[[Battle of Buxar|Buxar 1764]] | *[[Battle of Buxar|Buxar 1764]] | ||
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*[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur 1781]] | *[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur 1781]] | ||
*[[Gujerat Campaign 1780|Guzerat 1782]] | *[[Gujerat Campaign 1780|Guzerat 1782]] | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers) 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers) 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43&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 | |||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
Revision as of 09:06, 23 August 2010
Chronology
- 1652 raised as HEIC Guard of Honour (Ensign and 30 men)
- 1685 increased to six companies with troops from England
- 1756 became Bengal European Regiment
- 1765 became 1st Bengal European Regiment
- 1846 became 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers
- 1861 became 1st Royal Bengal Fusiliers
- 1861 transferred to the British Army & renumbered 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
- 1881 combined with the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) and the Militia of Munster to become Royal Munster Fusiliers.
- 1922 disbanded under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Service in British India
- 1652 Bengal
- 1689 Madras
- 1694 Bengal
- 1757 Carnatic War
- 1758 Madras
- 1760 Oude Campaign
- 1764 India
- 1774 Rohilla War
- 1781 Mysore War
- 1784 Bengal
- 1798 Rohilcund & Rajputana
- 1805 Bengal
- 1809 Madras
- 1814 Nepal
- 1817 Pindari War
- 1818 Bengal
- 1826 Jat War
- 182? Agra
- 1831 Dinapore
- 1835 Meerut
- 1838 Afghanistan
- 1840 Kurnool
- 184? Umballa
- 1845 1st Sikh War
- 1850 2nd Burma War
- 1855 India
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1859 Lahore
- 1863 Umballa
- 1868 Cawnpore
- 1902 Multan
- 1905 Rawalpindi
- 1912 Burma
Battle Honours
External links
- 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Wikipedia
- Royal Munster Fusiliers Wikipedia
- List of Officers in 1829 Google Books
Historical books on-line
- The history of the Bengal European regiment : now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and how it helped to win India by Percival Robert Innes (1885) archive.org
- The history of the Sikhs (etc) (Vol II) by William Lewis M’Gregor MD, Surgeon 1st European Light Infantry (1846) Google Books. Contains details of the 1st Sikh War from page 42. M'Gregor was appointed surgeon to the Regiment 7th February 1843.
- "1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign" from Blackwoods Magazine vol. 83 (1858) Google Books