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The 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) was a regiment of the British Army raised by the Honourable East India Company in 1742. It transferred to the command of the British Army in 1862. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 103rd Regiment of Foot in 1881 to form the Royal Dublin Fusiliers .
The 1st Madras Pioneers, c. 1890 The Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners, 1896. The Madras Army officers were in the early years very conscious of the soldiers' local customs, caste rituals, dress, and social hierarchy. Some leading landowners joined the Madras Army, one of whom is recorded as Mootoo (Muthu) Nayak from the nobility in Madura.
Lieut N.B. Arnold. Lieut J.A. Richardson. Lieut J.A. Chisholm Lieut F. Dobbs 352 non-commissioned officers, drummers and rank and file of the First Madras Fusiliers who fell during the suppression of the rebellion in Bengal 1857-58." Identical statues by Matthew Noble were also erected in Ayr and Madras. [7]
102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) 1861–1881 [168] 1756 Raised 1742 by the Honorable East India Company as the Madras European Regiment. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 1st Madras Fusiliers. Made a "royal" regiment and integrated into the British Army as the 102nd Foot in 1861. [18] [168] 1881:1st Battalion, The Royal Dublin ...
20 was added to the numbers of Punjab regiments. The word 'Punjab' was replaced by 'Frontier Force'. 25 was added to the numbers of Madras regiments. 1st, 2nd, and 4th Regiments of Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent were re-numbered as 20th, 29th and 30th. 30 was added to the numbers of Bombay regiments.
The Blue Caps – The Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] [3] (Originally the 1st Madras Fusiliers, part of the British East India Company's Madras Presidency Army, who wore light blue covers to their forage caps on campaign during the Indian Mutiny and were known as 'Neill's Blue Caps,' after their commanding officer).
The 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) was a regiment raised in 1662. It transferred to the command of the Honourable East India Company in 1668 and to the command of the British Army in 1862. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) to form the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1881.
The 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. However, it was raised initially as part of the Madras Army , by the East India Company (EIC) in 1766. In the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion (1857), the British government took control of the Presidency Armies and the 108th became also known by the ...