1st Madras (European) Fusiliers

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
1830 renamed HEIC Madras European Regiment
1839 renamed HEIC 1st Madras Europeans
1843 renamed HEIC 1st Madras European Fusiliers
1858 taken into the British Army as the 1st Madras European Fusiliers Regiment
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