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Private Martin Rabbette, Royal Munster Fusiliers  died from cholera in May 1908, whilst serving on the North West Frontier, Shabkader, India.<ref> mayopeacepark.ie, webpage no longer available.</ref>
== Battle Honours ==
== Battle Honours ==
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*[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
*[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
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060607/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm deployments] regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060607/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm deployments] regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070926223229/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101Munst.htm The Royal Munster Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112150140/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.htm 2nd Battalion] regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070926223229/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101Munst.htm The Royal Munster Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112150140/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.htm 2nd Battalion] regiments.org, an archived website  
*[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/ The Munster Fusiliers] including
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161023134251/http://royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a1menu1.htm The Munster Fusiliers], now an archived website (unfortunately many internal links are no longer valid) including
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millett Brown V. C. Bengal Staff Corps. previously 1st Bengal European Fusiliers.]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054942/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millett Brown V. C. Bengal Staff Corps. previously 1st Bengal European Fusiliers], now archived.
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6butlr.htm Major Thomas Adair Butler V.C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050427/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6butlr.htm Major Thomas Adair Butler V.C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers], now archived.
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6mcguir.htm Sergeant James McGuire V. C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers]
*[http://vconline.org.uk/james-mcguire-vc/4587597033 Sergeant James McGuire V. C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers] vconline.org.uk
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6mcgov.htm Private John McGovern V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers].
*[http://www.vconline.org.uk/miles-ryan-vc/4588149515 Drummer Miles Ryan V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers]. vconline.org.uk
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6ryan.htm Drummer Miles Ryan V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers].
*[http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-mcgovern-vc/4587595222 Private John McGovern V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers]. vconline.org.uk
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a5par91.htm Photograph: 2nd Battalion Munster Fusiliers on Parade July 1891, Bareilly Camp]
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a6ofic92.htm Photograph: Officers 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers - Cawnpore 1892.]
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a5drums1.htm  Photograph: 1st Battalion Munster Fusiliers - Nowshera NWF  India c 1912]
**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a2fotran.htm  Photographs: 1st Battalion Munster Fusiliers - Rangoon Burma  c 1912 – 1914]
*[http://www.rmfa92.org/ The Royal Munster Fusiliers Association] including
*[http://www.rmfa92.org/ The Royal Munster Fusiliers Association] including
**[http://www.rmfa92.org/history/ Regimental History]
**[http://www.rmfa92.org/history/ Regimental History]
**[http://www.rmfa92.org/gallery/ Photo Gallery]
**[http://www.rmfa92.org/gallery/ Photo Gallery]
*[http://www.mayopeacepark.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159:private-martin-rabbette-royal-munster-fusiliers&catid=1:articles-and-stories&Itemid=73 Private Martin Rabbette, Royal Munster Fusiliers]  died from cholera in May 1908, whilst serving on the North West Frontier, Shabkader, India. mayopeacepark.ie
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and  database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]]  Regiments of Foot),  and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ([[87th Regiment of Foot|87th]]  and [[89th Regiment of Foot|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 Regiment of Foot|88th]] and [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th]]  Regiments of Foot),  the Dublin Fusiliers ([[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|102th]] and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]. The Leinster Regiment  ([[100th Regiment of Foot|100th]] and [[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|109th]] Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Munster Fusiliers  (101st and [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|104th]] Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and  database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]]  Regiments of Foot),  and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ([[87th Regiment of Foot|87th]]  and [[89th Regiment of Foot|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 Regiment of Foot|88th]] and [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th]]  Regiments of Foot),  the Dublin Fusiliers ([[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|102th]] and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]. The Leinster Regiment  ([[100th Regiment of Foot|100th]] and [[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|109th]] Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Munster Fusiliers  (101st and [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|104th]] Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.


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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=P7YCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA73 "The First Bengal European Fusiliers at Lucknow"] from ''Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Volume 84, July-December 1858'', pages 73-85 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=P7YCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA73 "The First Bengal European Fusiliers at Lucknow"] from ''Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Volume 84, July-December 1858'', pages 73-85 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n571/mode/1up  "Royal Munster Fusiliers Battalion I:  late 101st Regiment of Foot"] page 550 ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n571/mode/1up  "Royal Munster Fusiliers Battalion I:  late 101st Regiment of Foot"] page 550 ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org
 
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Revision as of 09:09, 19 May 2019

Chronology

Soldiers of 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, pre-1862
  • 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


Private Martin Rabbette, Royal Munster Fusiliers died from cholera in May 1908, whilst serving on the North West Frontier, Shabkader, India.[1]

Battle Honours

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. ↑ mayopeacepark.ie, webpage no longer available.

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