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*'''1793''' raised as the 87th (The Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot
*'''1820''' became the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[89th Regiment of Foot]] to become 1st Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), later changed to The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
*'''1968''' amalgamated with The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Inniskilling 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).
