102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)

102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)


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dates= 1742 to 1881.
country=United Kingdom
branch=Army
type=Line Infantry
role=Light Infantry
size= Two battalions
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
ceremonial_chief_label=
colonel_of_the_regiment=
nickname=
motto=
colors= Blue Facings,
march= Quick: Slow:
mascot=
battles= Arcot, Plassey, Condore, Wandiwash, Pondicherry, Nundy Droog, Amboyna, Ternate, Banda, Maheidpoor, Ava, Pegu, Lucknow
notable_commanders=
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The 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, originally raised by the British East India Company and absorbed by the British Army in 1862. It was amalgamated with the 103rd Regiment of Foot in 1881 to form the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

East India Company Regiments

Between the years of 1746 and 1830 the Honorable East India Company European Regiment looked after that organisations interests in British Colonial India. The regiment was renamed "HEIC Madras European Regiment"' in 1830, HEIC 1st Madras Europeans in 1839, and HEIC 1st Madras European Fusiliers in 1843.

Between the years 1858 and 1861, following the uprising commonly known as the Indian Mutiny, this HEIC regiment was taken onto the British Army establishment as the 1st Madras European Fusiliers.

British service

On 30 June 1862 Queen Victoria conferred on the Madras European Fusiliers the title of 'Royal' and from this point they became known as the 102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers) Regiment.

The 102nd were only to last until 1881, when they were combined with the 103rd to become the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. The resulting battalion was finally disbanded in 1922 upon the formation of the Irish Free State.

Further reading

*Thomas Raikes, 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) from 1842 to the present time, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1867

External links

* [http://www.royaldublinfusiliers.com/ A website dedicated to the memory of the 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) later 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers.]
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/102-862.htm 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)]
* [http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/exhibit/web/Display/article/31/4/ Irish Regiments in WWI: 102nd Regiment of Foot]


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