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New page: Category:Royal Regiments This page was part of the Family History in India website, by Cathy Day, in the section on Regimental Histories. This particular page was kindly compiled by Wi...
[[Category:Royal Regiments]]
This page was part of the Family History in India website, by Cathy Day, in the section on Regimental Histories. This particular page was kindly compiled by William Thorne of Sydney, Australia and Cathy has allowed us to transfer it to our wiki. It shows the lineage of every British Army unit to have borne the Regimental numbers 101 to 109. The former Honourable East India Company (HEIC) regiments became part of the [[British Army]] following the [[Indian Mutiny]] of 1857 and adopted the Regimental numbers 101st to 109th Regiments of Foot.
{| border="1"
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|- |- |- |-
| 101 || 1760-1763 || 101st Highland || Disbanded
|-
| || 1780-1783 || 101st Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1795 || 101st Irish Regiment || Drafted
|-
| || 1806-1817 || 101st Duke of York's Irish || Disbanded
|-
| || 1759-1840 || HEIC Bengal Europeans || -
|-
| || 1840-1841 || HEIC 1st Bengal European Regiment || -
|-
| || 1841-1846 || HEIC 1st Bengal European Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1846-1858 || HEIC 1st Bengal Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 1st Bengal Fusiliers || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881 || 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers || Combined with 104th to become
|-
| || 1881 || 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|-
| 102 || 1760-1763 || 102nd Queens Own Royal Volunteers || Disbanded
|-
| || 1780-1783 || 102nd Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1793-1794 || 102nd Irish Regiment || Disbanded
|-
| || 1798-1809 || New South Wales Corp || Renamed
|-
| || 1809-1816 || 102nd Regiment of Foot || Renumbered to
|-
| || 1816-1818 || 100th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1746-1830 || HEIC European Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1830-1839 || HEIC Madras European Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1839-1843 || HEIC 1st Madras Europeans || Renamed
|-
| || 1843-1858 || HEIC 1st Madras European Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 1st Madras European Fusiliers || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881 || 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers || Combined with 103rd to become
|-
| || 1881 || 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|-
| 103 || 1761-1763 || 103rd Volunteer Hunters || Disbanded
|-
| || 1781-1783 || 103rd Kings Irish Infantry || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1795 || 103rd Loyal Bristol Volunteers || Drafted
|-
| || 1809-1817 || 103rd Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1661-1668 || The Bombay Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1668-1839 || HEIC Bombay Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1839-1844 || HEIC 1st Bombay Europeans || Renamed
|-
| || 1848-1858 || HEIC 1st Bombay European Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 1st Bombay Fusiliers || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881 || 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers || Combined with 102nd to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|-
| 104 || 1761-1763 || 104th Kings Volunteer Regiment || Disbanded
|-
| || 1780-1783 || 104th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1795 || 104th Royal Manchester Volunteers || Drafted
|-
| || 1806-1816 || 104th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1839-1850 || HEIC 2nd Bengal European Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1850-1858 || HEIC 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 104th Bengal Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881 || 104th Bengal Fusiliers || Combined with 101st to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|-
| 105 || 1761-1763 || 105th Queens Own Royal Highlanders || Disbanded
|-
| || 1781-1783 || 105th Volunteers of Ireland || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1796 || 105th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1839-1858 || HEIC 2nd Madras European Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 2nd Madras Light Infantry || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 105th Madras Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1881 || 105th Madras Light Infantry || Combined with 51st to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion The South Yorkshire Regiment, Kings Own Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1881- 1887 || 2nd Battalion Kings Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) || -
|-
| || 1887-1948 || 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry || Reduced to one Battalion 51st/105th
|-
| || 1948-1968 || Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry || Amalgamated with three other Light Infantry Regiments to become
|-
| || 1968- || Light Infantry Regiment || -
|-
| 106 || 1826-1840 || HEIC 2nd Bombay Europeans || Renamed
|-
| || 1840-1858 || HEIC 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 2nd Bombay Light Infantry || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 106th Bombay Light Infantry || English Establishment
|-
| || 1881 || 106th Bombay Light Infantry || Combined with 68th to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1881-1968 || 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry || Amalgamated with three other Light Infantry Regiments to become
|-
| || 1968- || Light Infantry Regiment || -
|-
| 107 || 1854-1858 || HEIC 3rd Bengal European Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 3rd Bengal Light Infantry || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 107th Bengal Light Infantry || English establishment
|-
| || 1881 || 107th Bengal Light Infantry || Combined with 35th to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment || -
|-
| || 1881-1966 || 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment || Amalgamated with three other Home County Infantry Regiments to become
|-
| || 1966 || The Queen's Regiment || -
|-
| 108 || 1760-1763 || 108th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1796 || 108th Regiment of Foot (changed to 64th & 85th Foot || Dispersed
|-
| || 1854-1858 || HEIC 3rd Madras European Infantry || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 3rd Madras Infantry Regiment || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 108th Madras Infantry Regiment || -
|-
| || 1881 || 108th Madras Regiment || Combined with 27th to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881- || 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers || -
|-
| 109 || 1761-1763 || 109th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1795 || 109th Aberdeenshire Regiment || Disbanded
|-
| || 1854-1858 || HEIC 3rd Bombay Europeans || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 3rd Bombay Infantry Regiment || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 109th Bombay Infantry Regiment || -
|-
| || 1881 || 109th Bombay Infantry Regiment || Combined with 100th to become
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|}
This page was part of the Family History in India website, by Cathy Day, in the section on Regimental Histories. This particular page was kindly compiled by William Thorne of Sydney, Australia and Cathy has allowed us to transfer it to our wiki. It shows the lineage of every British Army unit to have borne the Regimental numbers 101 to 109. The former Honourable East India Company (HEIC) regiments became part of the [[British Army]] following the [[Indian Mutiny]] of 1857 and adopted the Regimental numbers 101st to 109th Regiments of Foot.
{| border="1"
|+
|- |- |- |-
| 101 || 1760-1763 || 101st Highland || Disbanded
|-
| || 1780-1783 || 101st Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1795 || 101st Irish Regiment || Drafted
|-
| || 1806-1817 || 101st Duke of York's Irish || Disbanded
|-
| || 1759-1840 || HEIC Bengal Europeans || -
|-
| || 1840-1841 || HEIC 1st Bengal European Regiment || -
|-
| || 1841-1846 || HEIC 1st Bengal European Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1846-1858 || HEIC 1st Bengal Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 1st Bengal Fusiliers || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881 || 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers || Combined with 104th to become
|-
| || 1881 || 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|-
| 102 || 1760-1763 || 102nd Queens Own Royal Volunteers || Disbanded
|-
| || 1780-1783 || 102nd Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1793-1794 || 102nd Irish Regiment || Disbanded
|-
| || 1798-1809 || New South Wales Corp || Renamed
|-
| || 1809-1816 || 102nd Regiment of Foot || Renumbered to
|-
| || 1816-1818 || 100th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1746-1830 || HEIC European Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1830-1839 || HEIC Madras European Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1839-1843 || HEIC 1st Madras Europeans || Renamed
|-
| || 1843-1858 || HEIC 1st Madras European Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 1st Madras European Fusiliers || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881 || 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers || Combined with 103rd to become
|-
| || 1881 || 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|-
| 103 || 1761-1763 || 103rd Volunteer Hunters || Disbanded
|-
| || 1781-1783 || 103rd Kings Irish Infantry || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1795 || 103rd Loyal Bristol Volunteers || Drafted
|-
| || 1809-1817 || 103rd Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1661-1668 || The Bombay Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1668-1839 || HEIC Bombay Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1839-1844 || HEIC 1st Bombay Europeans || Renamed
|-
| || 1848-1858 || HEIC 1st Bombay European Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 1st Bombay Fusiliers || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881 || 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers || Combined with 102nd to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|-
| 104 || 1761-1763 || 104th Kings Volunteer Regiment || Disbanded
|-
| || 1780-1783 || 104th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1795 || 104th Royal Manchester Volunteers || Drafted
|-
| || 1806-1816 || 104th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1839-1850 || HEIC 2nd Bengal European Regiment || Renamed
|-
| || 1850-1858 || HEIC 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 104th Bengal Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881 || 104th Bengal Fusiliers || Combined with 101st to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|-
| 105 || 1761-1763 || 105th Queens Own Royal Highlanders || Disbanded
|-
| || 1781-1783 || 105th Volunteers of Ireland || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1796 || 105th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1839-1858 || HEIC 2nd Madras European Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 2nd Madras Light Infantry || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 105th Madras Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1881 || 105th Madras Light Infantry || Combined with 51st to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion The South Yorkshire Regiment, Kings Own Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1881- 1887 || 2nd Battalion Kings Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) || -
|-
| || 1887-1948 || 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry || Reduced to one Battalion 51st/105th
|-
| || 1948-1968 || Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry || Amalgamated with three other Light Infantry Regiments to become
|-
| || 1968- || Light Infantry Regiment || -
|-
| 106 || 1826-1840 || HEIC 2nd Bombay Europeans || Renamed
|-
| || 1840-1858 || HEIC 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 2nd Bombay Light Infantry || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 106th Bombay Light Infantry || English Establishment
|-
| || 1881 || 106th Bombay Light Infantry || Combined with 68th to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1881-1968 || 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry || Amalgamated with three other Light Infantry Regiments to become
|-
| || 1968- || Light Infantry Regiment || -
|-
| 107 || 1854-1858 || HEIC 3rd Bengal European Light Infantry || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 3rd Bengal Light Infantry || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 107th Bengal Light Infantry || English establishment
|-
| || 1881 || 107th Bengal Light Infantry || Combined with 35th to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment || -
|-
| || 1881-1966 || 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment || Amalgamated with three other Home County Infantry Regiments to become
|-
| || 1966 || The Queen's Regiment || -
|-
| 108 || 1760-1763 || 108th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1796 || 108th Regiment of Foot (changed to 64th & 85th Foot || Dispersed
|-
| || 1854-1858 || HEIC 3rd Madras European Infantry || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 3rd Madras Infantry Regiment || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 108th Madras Infantry Regiment || -
|-
| || 1881 || 108th Madras Regiment || Combined with 27th to become
|-
| || 1881 || 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers || -
|-
| || 1881- || 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers || -
|-
| 109 || 1761-1763 || 109th Regiment of Foot || Disbanded
|-
| || 1794-1795 || 109th Aberdeenshire Regiment || Disbanded
|-
| || 1854-1858 || HEIC 3rd Bombay Europeans || -
|-
| || 1858-1861 || 3rd Bombay Infantry Regiment || Taken onto British Army Establishment as
|-
| || 1861-1880 || 109th Bombay Infantry Regiment || -
|-
| || 1881 || 109th Bombay Infantry Regiment || Combined with 100th to become
|-
| || 1881-1922 || 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) || Disbanded with Ireland's independence from United Kingdom
|}
