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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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| 1788 | 2nd
Bombay Light Infantry raised in HEIC service |
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| 1796 | disbanded | ||
| 1824 | 2nd
Bombay Light Infantry re-formed in HEIC service from 1st Bombay Europeans |
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Scinde | ||
| 1829 | disbanded | ||
| 1839 | 2nd
Bombay (European) Regiment re-formed in HEIC service |
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| 1839 | India: Bombay? | ||
| 1844 | Belgaum | ||
| 1846 | Aden | ||
| 1848.01 | India: Poona | ||
| 1849 | Belgaum | ||
| 1853 | Kurrachee | ||
| 1857 | Persia | ||
| 1857.05 | India: Belgaum | ||
| 1857 | Sepoy rebellion | ||
| 1859.11.03 | 2nd
Bombay Light Infantry transferred to British service |
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| 1860 | India: Bombay | ||
| 1861 | Neemuch | ||
| 1862.09.30 | 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) | ||
| 1864 | Nusseerabad | ||
| 1867 | Meean Meer | ||
| 1868 | Umballa | ||
| 1870 | Jhansi | ||
| 1870 | Nowgong | ||
| 1873 | England | ||
| 1880 | Ireland | ||
| 1881.07.01 | 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry | ||
| 1881 | Dublin | ||
| 1882 | Gibraltar & Malta | ||
| 1885 | Sudan | ||
| 1887 | India: Poona | ||
| <1892> | Mhow | ||
| <1897> | Poona | ||
| 1899 | Mandalay | ||
| 1902 | England: Aldershot | ||
| 1905 | Cork | ||
| 1911 | England: Colchester | ||
| 1913 | Lichfield | ||
| 1914.09 | France and Flanders | 6 Div | |
| 1919 | England: Tidworth | ||
| 1920 | Turkey | Army of Occupation | |
| 1920 | India: Poona | ||
| 1922 | Ahmednagar | ||
| 1924 | Cawnpore | ||
| 1927 | Shanghai | ||
| 1928 | India: Sialkot | ||
| 1930 | NW Frontier | ||
| 1931 | Lebong | ||
| 1933 | Barrackpore | ||
| 1934 | Bombay | ||
| 1936 | Sudan | ||
| 1937 | Woking | 6 Bde | |
| 1939.09 | France & Belgium | 2 Inf Div, BEF | |
| 1940.06 | UK | ||
| 1942.06 | India/Burma | ||
| 1945 | Malaya /Burma | ||
| 1948.09.25 | amalgamated with 1st Battalion | ||
| 1952.01.31 | re-formed | ||
| 1952.01 | Germany | BAOR | |
| 1955 | UK? | ||
| 1955.12.31 | disbanded (PSA) | ||
