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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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101st Regiment
of Foot
(Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
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East
India Company / United Kingdom 
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1652 |
Guard of
Honour
raised by the Hon. East India Company in Bengal
(Ensign and 30 men) |
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1685 |
increased
by six companies from England |
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1689 |
Bengal
abandoned and force moved to Madras |
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1690 |
Bengal
reoccupied by one company |
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1694 |
Bengal
force reduced to 4 NCOs and 20 men |
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1756.12.16 |
The Bengal
European Regiment
formed by regimentation of independent companies |
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1765.08.05 |
1st Bengal
European Regiment
regiment (1600 men) broken up to also form
2nd Bengal European Regiment and
3rd Bengal European Regiment |
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1779.09.26 |
2nd
Battalion formed |
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1783? |
1st
Bengal European Battalion
(2nd Bn disbanded);
some personnel separated to form 4th
Bn , 5th Bn and 6th
Bn |
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1796 |
1st
Bengal European Regiment
absorbed 5th Regiment
without change of title |
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1803 |
The Bengal
European Regiment
redesignated on disbandment of 2nd
Regiment |
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1822 |
1st
Bengal European Regiment
volunteers separated to re-form 2nd
Regiment |
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1830.01.01 |
The Bengal
European Regiment
re-absorbed 2nd
Regiment |
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1839.07.29 |
nucleus
separated to re-form 2nd Bengal European Regiment
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1840 |
1st Bengal
(European) Light Infantry |
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1846.04.11 |
1st Bengal
(European) Fusiliers |
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1858.07.03 |
transferred
from HEIC to Crown control |
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1859.11.03 |
1st Bengal
Fusiliers |
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1861.05.02 |
1st Royal
Bengal Fusiliers |
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1862.09.30 |
101st Regiment
of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
transferred to British Army |
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1881.07.01 |
united
with 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers),
to form The Royal Munster Fusiliers |
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Plassey,
Condore, Buxar,
Rohilcund 17741,
Sholinghur, Guzerat,
Deig, Bhurtpore,
Ghuznee 18382,
Affghanistan 1839,
Ferozeshah, Sobraon,
Pegu,
Delhi 1857, Lucknow
1. inherited from 2nd
Bengal European Regiment in 1803, later withdrawn, and re-granted
in 1894.
2. apparently misdated.
Note: see also successor for belatedly
awarded battle honours.
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Uniform: |
1652-1689:
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1756-?:
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1796-1803?:
scarlet; facings: buff; lace: silver |
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1803?-1822:
scarlet; facings: pompadour; lace: silver |
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1822-1839:
scarlet; facings: French grey; lace: gold |
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1839-1846:
scarlet; facings: sky blue; lace: gold |
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1846-1881:
scarlet; facings: dark blue |
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1862.06.22 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Abraham Roberts, GCB |
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1873.12.29 |
Gen. Corbet Cotton |
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