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*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[108th Regiment of Foot]] (Madras Infantry) to become The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
 
*'''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
 
*'''1968''' amalgamated with The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Irish Fusiliers to become The Royal Irish Rangers
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*'''1991''' amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form the new The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment).  
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*'''1991''' amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment to form the new The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment).
  
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==Deployments==
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The 1st Battalion went to India after WW1 and was in India in 1920. One member who was attached to a Signals Company died in Malakand on the North West Frontier,<ref>
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CavalryQM. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/156806-royal-inniskilling-fusiliers-1st-bn-in-india-1920/?do=findComment&comment=2472431  Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Bn. in India 1920] ''Great War Forum'' 10 December 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref> perhaps an indication the Battalion was also in this area.
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==Regimental histories==
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*''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914''. Compiled under the direction of a Regimental Historical Records Committee. [With plates, including portraits.] Published 1928.
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_(Inniskilling)_Regiment_of_Foot 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Rangers Royal Irish Rangers] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_(Inniskilling)_Regiment_of_Foot 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20080103033405/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/027-689.htm 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot] including
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/27thfoot.htm 27th Regiment of Foot] www.britishempire.co.uk<br />
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20080103033348/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/027-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site <br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>  
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[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/royinnisfus_index.htm The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers] includes deployments British Armed Forces & National Service<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Rangers Royal Irish Rangers] Wikipedia<br>
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[http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com/The Inniskillings Museum] including [http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com/the-regiments-2/history A Brief History]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Irish_Regiment_(27th_(Inniskilling)_83rd_and_87th_and_Ulster_Defence_Regiment) Royal Irish Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080103033405/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/027-689.htm 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080103033348/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/027-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site <br>
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*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/royinnisfus_index.htm The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers] includes deployments British Armed Forces & National Service<br>
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*[http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com The Inniskillings Museum] including [http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com/the-regiments-2/history A Brief History]<br>
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*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and future database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (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 109th Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Munster Fusiliers  ([[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers| 101st]] and [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|104th]] Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.
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**[http://www.royal-irish.com/stories/imperial-policing Imperial Policing] The Inniskillings in India.
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*[http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/html/showMemorial.php?show=293 Punjab Memorial, Enniskillen, St. Macartin's Cathedral]  2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers  N.W. Frontier, Punjab, 1897-98  "Irish War Memorials"
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/98/a8759398.shtml Army: The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1st Battalion] BBC's WW2 Peoples War. The 1st Battalion was at Wellington in India at the outbreak of WW2, and spent the war period in India and Burma.
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===Historical books online===
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor02goog#page/n9/mode/2up  ''The Historical Record of the 27th Inniskilling Regiment''] by William Copeland Trimble 1876 Archive.org
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*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100002346476.0x000002 ''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the World War''] by Sir Frank Fox. [With plates and maps.] 1928. British Library Digital. Includes the Western Front, Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine.
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=SHMMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA513 The 1st Division of the Regiment embarks for Calcutta in 1854], page 513, ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1870 Part 3'' Google Books
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Revision as of 08:38, 25 April 2019

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).

Deployments

The 1st Battalion went to India after WW1 and was in India in 1920. One member who was attached to a Signals Company died in Malakand on the North West Frontier,[1] perhaps an indication the Battalion was also in this area.

Regimental histories

  • The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914. Compiled under the direction of a Regimental Historical Records Committee. [With plates, including portraits.] Published 1928.

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. ↑ CavalryQM. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Bn. in India 1920 Great War Forum 10 December 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

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