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2nd Ceylon Regiment
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Chronology
- 1801 raised as the Ceylon Native Infantry from Sinhalese and later some Madras sepoys
- 1803 2nd Battalion formed of Malays from Ceylon and Cochin
- 1804 2nd Battalion became Charles Baillie's Regiment of Foot
- 1807 became the 2nd Ceylon Regiment
- 1822 disbanded
Deployment
- 1803 1st Kandyan War
- 1815 2nd Kandyan War
- 1818 Uva Rebellion
External Links
2nd Ceylon Regiment www.regiments.org