2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers

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Chronology

• 1839 raised as 2nd Bombay (European) Regiment
• 1844 renamed 2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers
• 1858 taken into the British Army
• 1862 renamed 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)
• 1881 merged with the 68th Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) to form The Durham Light Infantry
• 1968 became 4th Battalion The Light Infantry

Service in British India

• 1839 Bombay
• 1844 Belgaum
• 1846 Aden
• 1848 Poona
• 1849 Belgaum
• 1853 Karachi
• 1857 Persia
• 1857 Indian Mutiny
• 1860 Bombay
• 1861 Neemuch
• 1864 Nusserabad
• 1867 Meean Meer
• 1868 Umballa
• 1870 Jhansi
• 1870 Nowgong
• 1887 Poona
• 1892 Mhow
• 1897 Poona
• 1899 Mandalay
• 1920 Poona
• 1922 Ahmadnagar
• 1824 Cawnpore
• 1928 Sialkot
• 1930 NW Frontier
• 1931 Lebong
• 1933 Barrackpore
• 1934 Bombay

Regimental histories

• Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion ... : a record of the services of the Battalion, to which is added a series of reproductions of photographs, including every man in the corps, and other views, specially taken at Poona, India, February 1897. “Made by the Historical Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.” Available at the British Library

Regimental journals

• The Bugle. A Chronicle of Regimental News. The British Library holds "vol. 1. no. 2.-vol. 13. no. 330. May 1894-Sept. 1902. Imperfect; wanting vol. 1. no. 3 and vol. 9. no. 232-vol. 12. no. 312" It appears likely there were no volumes after this date, for this period. The Bugle recommenced again in the 1920s, but the British Library does not appear to have copies.
• The Regimental Journal of the Durham Light Infantry. (Incorporating “The Bugle.”) was published from 1934 and is available at the British Library

Between the Wars 1920-1936

In 1920 2nd Battalion moved to India - a posting which lasted until 1936, when it returned to Britain via the Sudan. The period in India also included a short posting to Shanghai in 1927.

James Henry Miller travelled with a draft in 1932 to the 2nd Battalion in India. He sailed on the Nevassa to Bombay, then travelled to Barrackpore, where the barracks had long mosquito nets. His postings included Ishapore where he was posted to guard duty at the rifle factory where monkeys would drop things on the guards in the pitch dark at night time. On a Friday there was what was called buggin' night, where beds were taken out to get rid of bed bugs. One fellow soldier died after being bitten by a Cobra.

External links

• 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) Wikipedia
  
• Durham Light Infantry Wikipedia
  Officers in HM’s 106th Regiment, page 773 from The Bombay Miscellany Volume 4, May to October 1862
  
• 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
  
• The Durham Light Infantry including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
• Durham Light Infantry Museum at Aykley Heads, Durham has now closed.
  • Bibliography: Regimental and Battalion Histories, now an archived webpage from the previous Museum website. Some other archived pages may also be located.

Access to the stored collection is available at Sevenhills, Spennymoor, details at Durham County Council website. Includes the Regimental research book collection.

• Durham County Record Office holds Durham Light Infantry Records. The Record Office closed in January 2022 as part of a move to The Story at Mount Oswald. (There were also plans in 2020 for the DLI Museum Collection to relocate to the same site).
• The Story of Jimmy Durham includes two photographs of the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma 1897-1899. durhamrecordoffice.org.uk, archived page.
• Between the Wars: The 2nd Battalion in India 1920-1936 durhamlightinfantry.webs.com, now archived

2nd DLI 1927 Shanghai durhamlightinfantry.webs.com, now archived

Historical books online

• "The Durham Light Infantry Battalion II: late 106th Regiment of Foot" page 460 The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
• The Durham Light Infantry. The United Red and White Rose [1756-1914] by W L Vane 1914 Archive.org