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*[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 (102th and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]
====Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=o4gfAAAAYAAJ ''A sketch of the services of the Madras European Regiment during the Burmese War''] by Major John Butler (1839) Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/a-sketch-of-the-services-of-the-madras-european-regiment-during-the-burmese-war/mode/2up Archive.org version].
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xQ0ZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Historical+record+of+the+honourable+East+India+Company's+first+Madras+European+regiment:&hl=en&ei=J2_WTrn5ItKksgbc7IEi&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false''Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras European Regiment: Containing an Account of the Establishment of Independent Companies in 1645; Their Formation Into a Regiment in 1748; and Its Subsequent Services to 1842''] by [[James Neill|James George Smith Neill]], Staff Officer (1843). [http://books.google.com/books?id=MoUfAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PR16 Page xvi] of the introduction (at the very front of the book) mentions the recruitment in the early days of a few Swiss mercenaries, [[French]] prisoners of war (after their release), 400 Germans at the [[South Africa|Cape of Good Hope]] in 1795 and more Germans in the Eastern Islands [Amboyna] in 1810. Also see [[German]].
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ybQnAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Royal+madras+Fusiliers&as_brr=3&ei=VrDQSa78E52UMefruesC#PPP1,M1 ''Services of 102nd Regiment of Foot 1842-1867''] by Colonel Thomas Raikes (1867) Google Books
