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*'''1922''' disbanded on Irish independence<br>
==Also see==
*[[Connaught Rangers Mutiny]] in India in 1920.
==Regimental History==
''The Connaught Rangers. (The History of the Regiment)'' by Lieut.-Colonel H. F. N. Jourdain and Edward Fraser. In three volumes, published 1924-28, and now available online at the [[British Library]]Archive.org, UIN: BLL01001096428 , and also in a reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/connaught-rangers/ ''Connaught Rangers''] Naval & Military Press</ref>see below. Vol I: 1793-1922 1st Battalion, formerly 88th Foot; Vol II : 1572-1922 2nd Battalion, Formerly 94th Foot; Vol III: 1914-1919 5th & 6th Service Battalions. Officers. The Colours. Music.
== History in India ==
{{Template:Origin|text=The following history of the Connaught Rangers (during the period 1857-1870) was extracted by Chris Bateman of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The original work was entitled ''The Connaught Rangers - 1st Battalion, Formerly 88th Foot'' by Lieutenant-Colonel H.F.N. Jourdain, C.M.G., and was published in London in 1924. It has been extracted with the footnotes identified and included in the main text. This section was part of the Family History in India website, which was designed by Cathy Day to help people trace their British and European ancestry in colonial India . Cathy has kindly allowed us to transfer this page to our wiki.}} This volume is now available online, see below.
==== 1857-1858 ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00grea#page/n11/mode/2up ''Historical Record of the Eighty-eighth Regiment of Foot or Connaught Rangers, containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1837''] 1838 Archive.org
**The Regiment was briefly in India in 1800, [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00grea#page/4/mode/2up page 4], and then took part in the [[Egyptian Campaign 1801| Egyptian Campaign of 1801]]
*[https://archive.org/details/the-connaught-rangers-vol-1/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Connaught Rangers Volume 1, 1st Battalion, formerly 88th Foot''] by Lieut.-Colonel H F N Jourdain and Edward Fraser 1924 Archive.org.
:During the Great War, the Battalion fought on the Western Front, in Mesopotamia and Palestine. In 1919 the Battalion was posted to India, where there was a mutinous outbreak in 1920. The regiment was disbanded in 1922.
:[https://archive.org/details/the-connaught-rangers-vol-2/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Connaught Rangers Volume 2, 2nd Battalion, formerly 94th Foot''] by Lieut.-Colonel H F N Jourdain and Edward Fraser 1926 Archive.org.
:During the Great War, the 2nd Battalion fought on the Western Front and was then amalgamated with the 1st Battalion.
:[https://archive.org/details/connaughtrangersvol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Connaught Rangers Volume 3, 5th and 6th Service Battalions 1914-1919''] by Lieut.-Colonel H F N Jourdain and Edward Fraser 1928 Archive.org. The Battalions served at Gallipoli, Salonika, Palestine and France.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AE40AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The autobiography and services of Sir James McGrigor, bart., late Director-General of the Army Medical Department, with an appendix of notes and original correspondence''] 1861 Google Books.
:C 1793 the author purchased his Surgeoncy in the 88th Regiment
*[https://archive.org/details/withconnaughtran00maxwrich ''With the Connaught Rangers in quarters, camp, and on leave''] by E.H. Maxwell.1883 Archive.org. The Regiment was in India 1857, [https://archive.org/stream/withconnaughtran00maxwrich#page/90/mode/2up page 90]-November 1870.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.31280/page/5/mode/2up "A North-East Frontier Cemetery"] by W J Buchanan page 6, ''Bengal, Past and Present'' Vol 9 July-Dec 1914. Gnatong on the trade route from Sikkhim to Tibet. Archive.org, mirror from ASI/IGNCA. Mentions the Connaught Rangers soldiers in the cemetery, whose role is briefly covered in [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279182/page/n69/mode/2up?q=Connaught+Rangers ''Report on the Sikkim Expedition from January 1888 to January 1890''] by Lieutenant C. J. Markham 1890, prepared by the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General in India. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
==References==
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