2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry
Also known as 2nd Bengal European Regiment
Chronology
- 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
Service in British India
- 1765 India
- 1774 1st Rohilla War
- 1775 India
- 1822 India
- 1825 Arrakan
- 1826 India
- 1839 Hazaribagh
- 1840 Ghazeepore
- 1842 Cawnpore
- 1842 Ferozepore
- 1843 Meerut
- 1843 Umballa
- 1844 Ludhiana
- 1845 Shikapore
- 1845 Sukkur
- 1845 Karachi
- 1846 Rohree
- 1845 Bahawalpore
- 1845 Subatha
- 1848 Ferozepore
- 1848 2nd Sikh War
- 1849 Lahore
- 1850 Agra
- 1853 2nd Burma War
- 1856 India
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1859 Delhi
- 1860 Roorkee
- 1884 Bombay
- 1886 Rangoon
- 1888 Calcutta
- 1892 Cawnpore
- 1897 Dum Dum
- 1868 Cawnpore
- 1899 Dinapore
Battle Honours
External Links
- 2nd Bengal Fusiliers Wikipedia
- Royal Munster Fusiliers Wikipedia
- List of officers in 1829 Google Books
- 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) including deployments regiments.org, an archived website.
- The Royal Munster Fusiliers including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion regiments.org, an archived website.
- The Munster Fusiliers includes
- Victorian Wars Forum thread includes some images of insignia of the 104th Regiment.
Historical books online
- 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