1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers
Chronology
- 1652 raised as HEIC Guard of Honour (Ensign and 30 men)
- 1685 increased to six companies with troops from England
- 1756 became Bengal European Regiment
- 1765 became 1st Bengal European Regiment
- 1846 became 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers
- 1861 became 1st Royal Bengal Fusiliers
- 1861 transferred to the British Army & renumbered 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
- 1881 combined with the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) and the Militia of Munster to become Royal Munster Fusiliers.
- 1922 disbanded under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Service in British India
- 1652 Bengal
- 1689 Madras
- 1694 Bengal
- 1757 Carnatic War
- 1758 Madras
- 1760 Oude Campaign
- 1764 India
- 1774 Rohilla War
- 1781 Mysore War
- 1784 Bengal
- 1798 Rohilcund & Rajputana
- 1805 Bengal
- 1809 Madras
- 1814 Nepal
- 1817 Pindari War
- 1818 Bengal
- 1826 Jat War
- 182? Agra
- 1831 Dinapore
- 1835 Meerut
- 1838 Afghanistan
- 1840 Kurnool
- 184? Umballa
- 1845 1st Sikh War
- 1850 2nd Burma War
- 1855 India
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1859 Lahore
- 1863 Umballa
- 1868 Cawnpore
- 1902 Multan
- 1905 Rawalpindi
- 1912 Burma
Battle Honours
External links
- Bengal European Regiment www.kronoskaf.com
- 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Wikipedia
- Royal Munster Fusiliers Wikipedia
- List of Officers in 1829 Google Books
- 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal 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
- Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millett Brown V. C. Bengal Staff Corps. previously 1st Bengal European Fusiliers.
- Major Thomas Adair Butler V.C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers
- Sergeant James McGuire V. C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers
- Private John McGovern V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers.
- Drummer Miles Ryan V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers.
- Photograph 1st Battalion Munster Fusiliers - Nowshera NWF India c 1912
- Photographs 1st Battalion Munster Fusiliers - Rangoon Burma c 1912 – 1914
- Private Martin Rabbette, Royal Munster Fusiliers died from cholera in May 1908, whilst serving on the North West Frontier, Shabkader, India. mayopeacepark.ie
Historical books on-line
- The history of the Bengal European regiment : now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and how it helped to win India by Percival Robert Innes (1885) archive.org
- The history of the Sikhs (etc) (Vol II) by William Lewis M’Gregor MD, Surgeon 1st European Light Infantry (1846) Google Books. Contains details of the 1st Sikh War from page 42. M'Gregor was appointed surgeon to the Regiment 7th February 1843.
- "The First Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign" from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Volume 83, January-June 1858, pages 121-137 Google Books
- "The First Bengal European Fusiliers at Lucknow" from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Volume 84, July-December 1858, pages 73-85 Google Books