Authors and Contributors this page: Graham Watson, T.F. Mills
Page created 1 November 2002. Corrected and updated 14.02.2006
1742-1862
1862-1881
1881-1922
United Kingdom  
Note:This is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental page for full lineage and other information.
Colour Key
Lineage
War service
Overseas service
Home service
 
     
  1742 Madras Europeans
raised in HEIC service
  1742 India: Madras
  1744 Carnatic war
  1748 India
  1751 Carnatic war
  1763 India
  1766 1st Madras Europeans
  1763 India
  1774 1st Battalion, 1st Madras European Regiment
  1795 Dutch East Indies
  1795 Dutch East Indies garrison and defence
  1799 The Madras European Regiment
  1809 Moluccas  
  1810 Dutch East Indies  
  1811 Dutch East Indies garrison and defence
  1816 India  
  1824 1st Battalion, The Madras European Regiment
  1824 Burma
  1826 India
  1830 The Madras European Regiment
  1835 Malucca
  1839 1st Madras (European) Regiment
  1839 Malucca
  1843 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers
  1852 India: Madras
  1852 Burma war
  1853 Burma
  1857 Sepoy rebellion
  1859.11.03 1st Madras Fusiliers
transferred to British service
  1859 India  
  1862.09.30 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
  1866.01.26 Colours presented by Mrs. de Saumarez at Cannanore
  1870.03 England: Dover
  Parkurst
  Portland
  1876.04 Gibraltar
  1879 Ceylon
  1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
  1886 England:
  1887 Ireland: Curragh
  <1892> Newry
  1893 England: Sheffield
  <1897> Portsmouth
  1897 England: Aldershot
  1899.11 South Africa
  1903 Crete/Malta
  1906 Egypt
  1907.04.05 Colours presented by HRH Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught at Alexandria
  1910 India: Ahmednagar
  1914 Madras
  1915.01 Madras 29 Div
  1915.04 Gallipoli
  1916.03 France and Flanders
  1917.10 France and Flanders 16 Div
  1918.04 France and Flanders 29 Div
  1919 Bordon  
  1922.07.31 disbanded