102nd Regiment of Foot

Chronology

1st Raising

• 1760 raised as the 102nd Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Volunteers)
• 1763 disbanded

2nd Raising

• 1781 raised in ireland as the 102nd Regiment of Foot
• 1785 disbanded

3rd Raising

• 1793 raised as Trench's Regiment of Foot also known as Irish Rangers
• 1794 became the 102nd Regiment of Foot
• 1795 disbanded

4th Raising

• 1789 raised as the New South Wales Corps
• 1808 renamed 102nd Regiment of Foot
• 1808 renamed 100th Regiment of Foot
• 1818 disbanded

Service in British India

• 1781 Bombay
• 1782 2nd Mysore War
• 1783 surrendered at the Battle of Bednore and interned until 1784

See 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers for the regiment that was placed on the British establishment in 1862 and designated 102nd Regiment of Foot.

External Links

102nd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia