27th Regiment of Foot

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The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Chronology

  • 1689 raised as local militia at Enniskillen by General Zachariah Tiffin
  • 1751 became the 27th (Enniskillen) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) to become The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
  • 1968 amalgamated with The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Irish Fusiliers to become The Royal Irish Rangers
  • 1991 amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form the new The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment).

External Links

27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
27th Regiment of Foot www.britishempire.co.uk
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Irish Rangers Wikipedia
Royal Irish Regiment Wikipedia
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers includes deployments British Armed Forces & National Service
Inniskillings Museum including A Brief History

Historical books online