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*'''1850''' renamed the 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers
 
*'''1850''' renamed the 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers
 
*'''1859''' renamed the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers
 
*'''1859''' renamed the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers
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*'''1862''' renamed the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)
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*'''1862''' renamed the [[104th Regiment of Foot]] (Bengal Fusiliers)
 
*'''1881'''  merged with the [[101st Regiment of Foot]] and became 2nd Battalion The Royal Munster Fusiliers
 
*'''1881'''  merged with the [[101st Regiment of Foot]] and became 2nd Battalion The Royal Munster Fusiliers
 
*'''1922''' disbanded on the formation of the Irish Free State
 
*'''1922''' disbanded on the formation of the Irish Free State
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*'''1765''' India
 
*'''1765''' India
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*'''1774''' [[:Category:1st Rohilla War|1st Rohilla War]]
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*'''1774''' [[1st Rohilla War]]
 
*'''1775''' India
 
*'''1775''' India
 
*'''1822''' India
 
*'''1822''' India
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*'''1825''' [[:Category:1st Burma War|Arrakan]]
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*'''1825''' [[1st Burma War|Arrakan]]
 
*'''1826''' India
 
*'''1826''' India
 
*'''1839''' Hazaribagh
 
*'''1839''' Hazaribagh
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*'''1845''' Subatha
 
*'''1845''' Subatha
 
*'''1848''' [[Ferozepore]]
 
*'''1848''' [[Ferozepore]]
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*'''1848''' [[:Category:2nd Sikh War|2nd Sikh War]]
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*'''1848''' [[2nd Sikh War]]
 
*'''1849''' [[Lahore]]
 
*'''1849''' [[Lahore]]
 
*'''1850''' [[Agra]]
 
*'''1850''' [[Agra]]
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*'''1853''' [[:Category:2nd Burma War 1852-53|2nd Burma War]]
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*'''1853''' [[2nd Burma War]]
 
*'''1856''' India
 
*'''1856''' India
 
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
 
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
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== Battle Honours ==
 
== Battle Honours ==
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*[[:Category:Rohilla War|Rohilcund 1774]]
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*[[1st Rohilla War|Rohilcund 1774]]
 
*[[Battle of Chillianwallah|Chillianwallah 1849]]
 
*[[Battle of Chillianwallah|Chillianwallah 1849]]
 
*[[Battle of Gujerat 1849|Goojerat 1849]]
 
*[[Battle of Gujerat 1849|Goojerat 1849]]
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bengal_Fusiliers) 2nd Bengal Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bengal_Fusiliers) 2nd Bengal Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Munster_Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA44&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
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071022111755/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/104-862.htm 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112150140/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.htm deployments] regiments.org, an archived website.
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*[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.
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*[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/ The Munster Fusiliers] including
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**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6cadel.htm Colonel Thomas Cadell V.C. Bengal Staff Corps, formerly 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers]
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**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a6ofic92.htm Photograph: Officers 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers - Cawnpore 1892.]
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**[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/a5fotold.htm Photographs 2nd Battalion India 1891]
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*[http://www.rmfa92.org/ The Royal Munster Fusiliers Association] including
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** [http://www.rmfa92.org/history/ Regimental History]
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** [http://www.rmfa92.org/gallery/ Photo Gallery]
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*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/collection/collection-news/indian-mutiny-tunic-reveals-death-defying-story "Indian Mutiny Tunic Reveals Death-Defying Story"] with additional [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3Dindian%2520mutiny%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D15&pos=18&total=299&page=15&acc=2012-02-1-1 details] National Army Museum.  Lieutenant Campbell Clark, 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers was attached to the [[88th Regiment of Foot]] at the time he was shot in [[Cawnpore]] duting the [[Indian Mutiny]]
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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 ([[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  ([[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|101st]] and 104th Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.
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*Account by Elizabeth Webber Harris, wife  of the Colonel of the Regiment regarding a cholera epidemic  in 1869 and how she was awarded a replica Victoria Cross by the Officers of the Regiment. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fold.manfamily.org%2FPDFs%2Felizabeth%2520webber%2520harris%2520victoria%2520cross.pdf html version], [http://old.manfamily.org/PDFs/elizabeth%20webber%20harris%20victoria%20cross.pdf pdf] old.manfamily.org
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===Historical books online===
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=HV1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7  ''Leaves from the journal of a subaltern during the campaign in the Punjaub  Sept.1848 to March 1849''] by Daniel Augustus Sandford, Ensign, 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry 1849 Google Books
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*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n576/mode/1up  "The Royal Munster Fusiliers Battalion II: late 104th Regiment of Foot"] page 555  ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org
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*[http://archive.org/stream/miscellaneagenea02bann#page/164/mode/2up Deaths in Cawnpore 1892-1895]  probably 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers.  Monumental Inscriptions from Cawnpur Cantonment Cemetery , page 164  ''Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica: Fourth Series Volume 2'' 1908 Archive.org
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[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 11:09, 31 March 2017

Also known as 2nd Bengal European Regiment

Chronology

  • 1765 formed as the 2nd Bengal European Regiment in HEIC service by division of The Bengal European Regiment
  • 1783 renamed the 2nd Bengal European Battalion
  • 1796 renamed the 2nd Bengal European Regiment
  • 1803 absorbed by The Marine Battalion
  • 1822 re-formed as 2nd Bengal European Regiment with volunteers from 1st Regiment
  • 1830 absorbed by 1st Regiment
  • 1839 re-formed as 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry from a nucleus of 1st Bengal (European) Regiment
  • 1850 renamed the 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers
  • 1859 renamed the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers
  • 1862 renamed the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)
  • 1881 merged with the 101st Regiment of Foot and became 2nd Battalion The Royal Munster Fusiliers
  • 1922 disbanded on the formation of the Irish Free State

Service in British India

Battle Honours

External Links

Historical books online

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