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====Historical books online====
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=o4gfAAAAYAAJ ''A sketch of the services of the Madras European Regiment during the Burmese War''] by Major John Butler (1839) Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=o4gfAAAAYAAJ ''A sketch of the services of the Madras European Regiment during the Burmese War''] by Major John Butler (1839) Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MoUfAAAAYAAJ ''Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras European Regiment: Containing an Account of the Establishment of Independent Companies in 1645; Their Formation Into a Regiment in 1748; and Its Subsequent Services to 1842''] by James George Smith Neill, Staff Officer (1843). [http://books.google.com/books?id=MoUfAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PR16 Page xvi] of the introduction (at the very front of the book) mentions the recruitment in the early days of a few Swiss mercenaries, [[French]] prisoners of war (after their release), 400 Germans at the [[South Africa|Cape of Good Hope]] in 1795 and more Germans in the Eastern Islands [Amboyna] in 1810. The Germans from South Africa are discussed in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261389477 post]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MoUfAAAAYAAJ ''Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras European Regiment: Containing an Account of the Establishment of Independent Companies in 1645; Their Formation Into a Regiment in 1748; and Its Subsequent Services to 1842''] by [[James Neill|James George Smith Neill]], Staff Officer (1843). [http://books.google.com/books?id=MoUfAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PR16 Page xvi] of the introduction (at the very front of the book) mentions the recruitment in the early days of a few Swiss mercenaries, [[French]] prisoners of war (after their release), 400 Germans at the [[South Africa|Cape of Good Hope]] in 1795 and more Germans in the Eastern Islands [Amboyna] in 1810. The Germans from South Africa are discussed in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261389477 post]
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ybQnAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Royal+madras+Fusiliers&as_brr=3&ei=VrDQSa78E52UMefruesC#PPP1,M1 ''Services of 102nd Regiment of Foot 1842-1867''] by Colonel Thomas Raikes (1867)
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ybQnAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Royal+madras+Fusiliers&as_brr=3&ei=VrDQSa78E52UMefruesC#PPP1,M1 ''Services of 102nd Regiment of Foot 1842-1867''] by Colonel Thomas Raikes (1867)




[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 17:38, 30 April 2011

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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Historical books online