2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers

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

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
• Durham County Record Office holds Durham Light Infantry Records
  • WW2Talk Forum thread about Enlistment and Discharge Books from 1921 onwards
• The Story of Jimmy Durham includes two photographs of the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma 1897-1899. Durham County Record Office
• Between the Wars: The 2nd Battalion in India 1920-1936 durhamlightinfantry.webs.com
  • Photographs: King, Country and Empire! includes India
• James Henry Miller, born 1910. He was in India October 1932-1935 with the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. His Story, His Words Part Four, Part Five, Part Six Includes photographs. Family website. (Cached 4, cached 5, cached 6 URLs)