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108th Regiment
of Foot
(Madras 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 |
| 1766 | 3rd Madras European Regiment | |
| 1774 | absorbed by 1st Madras European Regt and 2nd Madras European Regt | |
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| 1777 | 3rd Madras
European Regiment re-formed |
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| 1796 | disbanded | |
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| 1854 | 3rd Madras (European) Infantry | |
| 1858.07.03 | passed from HEIC to Crown control | |
| 1859.11.03 | 3rd Madras Infantry | |
| 1862.09.30 | 108th Regiment
of Foot (Madras Infantry) transferred to British Army |
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| 1881.07.01 | united with 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot , to form The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | |
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The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, by Gerry McNeilly | |
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Walking Down the Colonial Lane [Fort Museum, Fort St. George, Chennai], by Natasha Garyali (Chennai Online) | |
| Regulars: | ||
| [1st Battalion] [1766-1796, 1854-1881] | ||
| 2nd Battalion [1777-1796] | ||
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? Depot Battalion
[1856-1871] 
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| 64th Brigade Depot at Omagh [1873-1881] | ||
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| 1862.09.30 | Lt-Gen. Sir George Cornish Whitlock, KCB | |
| 1868.01.03 | Lt-Gen. Arthur Cunliffe van Notten Pole | |
| 1868.03.27 | Gen. William Anson McCleverty | |
| 1875.04.29 | Gen. John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalyrmple, CB | |
| 1880.01.28 | Gen. Sir Edward Harris Greathead, KCB | |
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Regimental Museum of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Enniskillen (museum site) | |
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Regimental Museum of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Enniskillen (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Regimental Museum of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Enniskillen (Simonides listing) | |
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Museum of the Royal Irish Regiment, Ballymena (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Museum of the Royal Irish Regiment, Ballymena (Simonides listing) | |
| Regimental Journal: | ||
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| Full Histories: | ||
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Trimble, William Copeland. The historical record of the 27th Inniskilling regiment, from the period of its institution as a volunteer corps till the present time; with an appendix, roll of colonels. roll of present officers, etc., etc. London : W. Clowes and Sons ; Enniskillen, W. Trimble, 1876. | |
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The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers : being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914. London : Constable, 1928. | |
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The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers : being the history of the regiment from December 1688 to July 1914. [Rev. ed.] London : Constable, Year: 1934. | |
