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created 1 March 2001. Corrected and updated 14.11.2004
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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| 1766 | 2nd
Madras Europeans raised in HEIC service |
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| 1774 | 1st Battalion, 2nd Madras European Regiment | ||
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| 1799 | disbanded | ||
| 1824 | 2nd
Battalion, The
Madras European Regiment re-formed in HEIC service |
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| 1830 | absorbed by 1st Battalion, The Madras European Regiment | ||
| 1839 | 2nd
Madras (European) Regiment re-formed in HEIC service |
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| 1839 | India: Arnee | ||
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| 1856 | Burma | ||
| 1857 | India | ||
| 1857 | Sepoy rebellion | ||
| 1858 | India | ||
| 1859.11.03 | 2nd
Madras Light Infantry transferred to British service |
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| 1859 | India | ||
| 1862.09.30 | 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) | ||
| 1872 | Aden | ||
| 1874 | England | ||
| 1878 | Channel Islands: Guernsey | ||
| 1879 | Ireland | ||
| 1881.07.01 | 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | ||
| 1881 | India: Mullingar | ||
| 1883 | England: York | ||
| 1885 | Malta | ||
| 1887 | India: Quetta | ||
| <1892> | Bombay | ||
| <1894> | Poona | ||
| <1897> | Nusserabad | ||
| 1899 | Cape Colony & Mauritius | ||
| 1899 | South Africa | ||
| 1902 | Malta | ||
| 1904 | Crete | ||
| 1905 | England: Sheffield | ||
| 1907 | Aldershot | ||
| 1910 | Ireland: Cork | ||
| 1912 | Dublin | ||
| 1914.08 | France and Flanders | 5 Div | |
| 1915.12 | France and Flanders | 32 Div | |
| 1919 | Ireland: Dundalk | ||
| 1922 | India: Lahore | ||
| 1924 | Ferozepore | ||
| 1927 | Peshawar | ||
| 1930 | NW Frontier: Peshawar | ||
| 1930 | Agra | ||
| 1933 | Delhi | ||
| 1936 | Burma | ||
| 1939 | Burma | ||
| 1942.07 | India | ||
| 1947 | Malaya | ||
| 1948.11.18 | renumbered as 1st Battalion in Malaya (technically "amalgamated") | ||
