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created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
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107th Regiment
of Foot
(Bengal Light Infantry) |
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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 | 3rd Bengal
European Regiment formed in HEIC service by division of The Bengal European Regiment |
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| 1779.09.26 | 2nd Battalion formed | |
| 1781 | 2nd Battalion disbanded | |
| 1783? | 3rd
Bengal European Battalion some personnel separated to form 4th Bn , 5th Bn and 6th Bn |
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| 1796 | 3rd
Bengal European Regiment absorbed 4th Regiment without change of title |
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| 1798 | absorbed by 1st Bengal European Regiment and 2nd Bengal European Regiment | |
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| 1854 | 3rd Bengal
(European) Light Infantry re-formed at Chinsurah |
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| 1858.07.03 | transferred from HEIC to Crown control | |
| 1859.11.03 | 3rd Bengal Light Infantry | |
| 1862.09.30 | 107th Regiment
of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) transferred to British Army |
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| 1881.07.01 | united with 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot , to form The Royal Sussex Regiment | |
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| Regulars: | ||
| [1st Battalion] [1765-1798, 1854-1881] | ||
2nd Battalion [1779-1781]
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| Depot and Reserves: | ||
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| 43rd Brigade Depot at Chichester [1873-1881] | ||
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The Colours and What They Mean, by John Baines. | |
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| Uniform: | 1765-1798:
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| <1859> | Maj-Gen. George Huyshe, CB | |
| 1862.09.30 | Gen. Sir George Petre Wymer, KCB | |
| 1868.08.13 | Lt-Gen. William James D'Urban | |
| 1873.12.06 | Gen. Hon. Arthur Upton | |
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The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum, Dover (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Royal Sussex Regiment Collection, Redoubt Fortress, Eastbourne (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Sussex Combined Services Museum, Eastbourne (Simonides listing) | |
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Royal Sussex Regiment Museum gallery, Military Museum of Sussex, Eastbourne. | |
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