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104th Regiment
of Foot
(Bengal Fusiliers) |
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East
India Company / United Kingdom
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1765.08.05 | 2nd Bengal
European Regiment formed by division of The Bengal European Regiment |
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| 1779.09.26 | 2nd Battalion formed | |
| 1781 | 2nd Battalion disbanded | |
| 1783? | 2nd
Bengal European Battalion some personnel separated to form 4th Bn , 5th Bn and 6th Bn |
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| 1796 | 2nd
Bengal European Regiment absorbed 6th Regiment without change of title |
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| 1803 | absorbed by The Marine Battalion | |
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| 1822 | 2nd
Bengal European Regiment re-formed with volunteers from 1st Regiment |
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| 1830.01.01 | absorbed by 1st Regiment | |
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| 1839.07.29 | 2nd Bengal
(European) Light Infantry re-formed from a nucleus of 1st Bengal (European) Regiment with officers from General List |
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| 1850.01.18 | 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers | |
| 1858.07.03 | transferred from HEIC to Crown control | |
| 1859.11.03 | 2nd Bengal Fusiliers | |
| 1862.09.30 | 104th Regiment
of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) transferred to British Army |
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| 1881.07.01 | united with 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) , to form The Royal Munster Fusiliers | |
| Note: | This regiment is unrelated to four previous regiments which bore the number 104 | |
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2nd Bengal Europeans to 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, by James O'Sullivan | |
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The Royal Munster Fusiliers, by Waterford County Museum. | |
| Regulars: | ||
| [1st Battalion] [1765-1803, 1822-1830, 1839-1881] | ||
| Depot and Reserves: | ||
? Depot Battalion
[1856-1871] 
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| 70th Brigade Depot at Tralee [1873-1881] | ||
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Rohilcund 17741,
Chillianwallah, Goojerat,
Punjaub, Delhi 1857
1. inherited by
1st Bengal European Regiment in 1803. |
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| Uniform: | 1765-1803: scarlet; facings: white | |||||||
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| 1839-1850: scarlet; facings: white; lace: gold | ||||||||
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| <1859> | Maj-Gen. Robert Blackall | |
| 1862.09.30 | F.M. Sir Patrick Grant, GCB, GCMG | |
| 1863.10.23 | Gen. Sir George Bell, KCB | |
| 1867.02.02 | Gen. George Dixon | |
| 1874.05.16 | F.M. Sir Frederick Paul Haines, GCB, GCSI, CIE | |
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Officers of the 104th Regiment, 1873 [from Hart's Army List] | |
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