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Raised in 1839, the 2nd Madras (European) Regiment later became the 2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry (1842). After the uprising of 1857 it was renamed H M 105th foot.
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[[CategoryImage:Colours of Madras 2 Eur. Rgt..JPG|right|thumb|205px|Colours of Madras 2 Eur Rgt]]Part of the [[Madras European Infantry Regiments]].
==Chronology==
*'''1839''' raised the 2nd Madras (European) Regiment
*'''1842''' renamed the 2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry
*'''1858''' taken into the British Army
*'''1862''' renamed [[105th Regiment of Foot]]*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[51st Regiment of Foot]] (aka 2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment to become 2nd Battalion The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) KOYLI
*'''1897''' became The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
*'''1921''' became The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
*'''1948''' became 2nd Battalion of The Light Infantry (2LI)
*'''2007''' merged with the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles becoming 5 RIFLES
== Service in British India ==
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*'''1839''' [[Arnee]]
*'''1856''' [[Burma]]
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
*'''1881''' Mullingar
*'''1887''' [[Quetta]]
*'''1892''' [[Bombay]]
*'''1894''' [[Poona]]
*'''1897''' [[Nusseerabad|Nusserabad]]
*'''1922''' [[Lahore]]
*'''1924''' [[Ferozepore]]
*'''1922''' [[Peshawar]]
*'''1930''' [[Agra]]
*'''1933''' [[Delhi]]
*'''1936''' [[Burma]]
*'''1942''' India
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==FIBIS resources==
*''Monthly Military Musters'' by Peter Bailey. Part 1 ''[[FIBIS Journals|FIBIS Journal]] Number 6 (Autumn 2001)'' and Part 2 ''[[FIBIS Journals|FIBIS Journal]] Number 7 (Spring 2002)''. The article contains a copy of the muster taken for ‘A’ or Captain J. Cramer’s Company, Madras European Infantry which was stationed at Bangalore on 1st January 1841. Part 1 contains information about the 'Women' classified according to 'European' or 'East Indian', and children, and Part 2 is about the officers and soldiers.
*[http://gallery.fibis.org/picture.php?/1533/category/8 Photograph of Kings Own Light Infantry - Burma 1943] Fibis gallery
==Marriages 1840-1863: Journal article==
Marriages between EIC soldiers and [[Anglo Indians]] or [[Native Woman|Native women]], the allowances paid to wives and the army records kept regarding these wives are discussed in "Haemoglobin D (B Punjab) in an East Anglian Family", ''The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland'', Vol. 95, No. 2 (Jul. - Dec., 1965), pp. 295-306. The article (including an extract) and its implications are the subject of an India List thread.<ref> Bailey, Peter et al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200813060724/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1662629/ MORE HELPFUL INFORMATION ...Allowance for Eurasianwives] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 19 January 2010, archived. [https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india Search the India List Archives] for other posts on this topic.</ref>. The 2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry is particularly mentioned as marriage registers were (in 1965) available for the period 1840-1863 showing the race of the bride. The article may be read online on the [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2844429 subscription website JSTOR for free], but first you must register. Some card holders of participating libraries may also have access, refer [[Miscellaneous tips]] for more about both options. Also available at the [[British Library]]
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Light_Infantry) 105th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080107002713/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/105-862.htm 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233651/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/105.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218193527/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/051KOYLI.htm The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] including deployments:[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113182444/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/051-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233651/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/105.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site*[http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/king-s-own-yorkshire-light-infantry-museum King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum] Doncaster Council ===Historical books online===*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pUBYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Questions on Drill and Duty, being the Established Course of Examination for the Officers of the Second European Light Infantry [Madras<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] 1846 Google Books*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277 105th Regiment at Trichinopoly] page 277 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n427/mode/1up "The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) Battalion II: late 105th Regiment of Foot"] page 404 ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org , Digital Library of India Collection.*[https://archive.org/details/withzhobfieldfor00mcfa ''With the Zhob Field Force, 1890''] by Captain Crawford McFall KOYLI 1895 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/histkoylivol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Volume 3, in the Great War 1914-1918''] by Lt.-Col. Reginald C Bond 1929 Archive.org == References ==<references /> [[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
