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
External Links
1st Madras European Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Wikipedia
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 published 1843 Google Books
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 Cape of Good Hope in 1795 and more Germans in the Eastern Islands[Amboyna] in 1810.
Services of 102nd Regiment of Foot 1842-1867 Google Books