Difference between revisions of "2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry"

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Also known as 2nd Bengal European Regiment

1765 formed as the 2nd Bengal European Regiment in HEIC service by division of The Bengal European Regiment
1783 renamed the 2nd Bengal European Battalion
1796 renamed the 2nd Bengal European Regiment
1803 absorbed by The Marine Battalion
1822 re-formed as 2nd Bengal European Regiment with volunteers from 1st Regiment
1830 absorbed by 1st Regiment
1839 re-formed as 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry from a nucleus of 1st Bengal (European) Regiment
1850 renamed the 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers
1859 renamed the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers
1862 renamed the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)
1881 merged with the 101st Regiment of Foot and became 2nd Battalion The Royal Munster Fusiliers
1922 disbanded on the formation of the Irish Free State

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>
 [http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA44&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 online===
+*[http://books.google.com/books?id=HV1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7  ''Leaves from the journal of a subaltern during the campaign in the Punjaub  Sept.1848 to March 1849''] by Daniel Augustus Sandford, Ensign, 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry 1849 Google Books
 [[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]