102nd Regiment of Foot
The 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) was an Irish volunteer infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1760 that served primarily in India for the British East India Company. It was combined with the 103rd Regiment of Foot in 1881 to form the 1st Battalions of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
First formation
The 102nd Regiment of Foot was raised initially in 1760 as the 102nd Queens Own Royal Volunteers. In 1816 it was renumbered as the 100th Regiment of Foot, and disbanded in 1818.
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.
Second formation
On 30th 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 readingThomas Raikes, 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) from 1842 to the present time, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1867
External links102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)Irish Regiments in WWI: 102nd Regiment of Foot
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