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[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
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== Chronology ==
[[File:Soldiersof 1stEuroBengalFusiliers.jpg|thumb|300px|Soldiers of 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, pre-1862]]
*'''1652''' raised as HEIC Guard of Honour (Ensign and 30 men)
*'''1685''' increased to six companies with troops from England
*'''1760''' [[Oude Campaign]]
*'''1764''' India
*'''1774''' [[:Category:1st Rohilla War|Rohilla War]]
*'''1781''' [[:Category:2nd Mysore War|Mysore War]]
*'''1784''' [[Bengal]]
*'''1912''' [[Burma]]
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Private Martin Rabbette, Royal Munster Fusiliers died from cholera in May 1908, whilst serving on the North West Frontier, Shabkader, India.<ref> mayopeacepark.ie, webpage no longer available.</ref>
== Battle Honours ==
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*[[Battle of Condore|Condore 1758]]
*[[Battle of Buxar|Buxar 1764]]
*[[:Category:1st Rohilla War|Rohilcund 1774]]
*[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur 1781]]
*[[Gujerat Campaign 1780|Guzerat 1782]]
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== External links ==
*[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Bengal_European_Regiment Bengal European Regiment] www.kronoskaf.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers) 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=First+European+Regiment&hl=en&ei=xzZyTK7rOciOjAfqyMz6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false List of Officers in 1829] Google Books
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060607/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101-862.htm 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm deployments] regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070926223229/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/101Munst.htm The Royal Munster Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071118000950/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/101.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112150140/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.htm 2nd Battalion] regiments.org, an archived website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161023134251/http://royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a1menu1.htm The Munster Fusiliers], now an archived website (unfortunately many internal links are no longer valid) including
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054942/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millett Brown V. C. Bengal Staff Corps. previously 1st Bengal European Fusiliers], now archived.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050427/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6butlr.htm Major Thomas Adair Butler V.C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers], now archived.
*[http://vconline.org.uk/james-mcguire-vc/4587597033 Sergeant James McGuire V. C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers] vconline.org.uk
*[http://www.vconline.org.uk/miles-ryan-vc/4588149515 Drummer Miles Ryan V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers]. vconline.org.uk
*[http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-mcgovern-vc/4587595222 Private John McGovern V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers]. vconline.org.uk
*[http://www.rmfa92.org/ The Royal Munster Fusiliers Association] including
**[http://www.rmfa92.org/history/ Regimental History]
**[http://www.rmfa92.org/gallery/ Photo Gallery]
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>] Details of Museums and database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]] Regiments of Foot), and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ([[87th Regiment of Foot|87th]] and [[89th Regiment of Foot|89th]] Regiments of Foot). In addition, in time it is intended to include in the database the names of many soldiers who served in what have become known as the Disbanded Irish Regiments, such as the Connaught Rangers, ([[88th Regiment of Foot|88th]] and [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th]] Regiments of Foot), the Dublin Fusiliers ([[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|102th]] and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]. The Leinster Regiment ([[100th Regiment of Foot|100th]] and [[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment|109th]] Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Munster Fusiliers (101st and [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|104th]] Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.
==== Historical books on-line online ====
*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbengale00innerich ''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
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=5WJCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42 ''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.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GrICAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Delhi+Campaign+1857&as_brr=3#v=onepage&=Delhi%20Campaign%201857&f=false "1st The First Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign"] from ''Blackwoods Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Volume 83, January-June 1858'', pages 121-137 Google Books*[http://books.google.com/books?id=P7YCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA73 "The First Bengal European Fusiliers at Lucknow"] from ''Blackwood’s Edinburgh MagazineVolume 84, July-December 1858'', pages 73-85 Google Books*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n571/mode/1up "Royal Munster Fusiliers Battalion I: late 101st Regiment of Foot"] page 550 ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' volby Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan''] by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. 83 (1858The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891) . Chapters II-IV cover the Indian Mutiny period. During this time Thornton was attached to [[5th Regiment of Foot|H M 5th Fusiliers]], then [[90th Regiment of Foot|H M 90th Light Infantry]], then the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers. ==References==<references/> {{#widget:Google BooksPlusOne|size=small|count=true}} [[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
