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It became the 1st Madras Europeans, on formation of the 2nd and 3rd Madras Europeans, in 1766. [1] It went on to become the 1st Madras European Regiment in 1774. [ 1 ] After that it took part in the siege of Nundydroog in October 1791 and the siege of Seringapatam in February 1792 during the Third Anglo-Mysore War .
The Army of the Madras Presidency remained almost unaffected by the Indian Rebellion of 1857.By contrast with the larger Bengal Army where all but twelve (out of eighty-four) infantry and cavalry regiments either mutinied or were disbanded, all fifty-two regiments of Madras Native Infantry remained loyal and passed into the new Indian Army when direct British Crown rule replaced that of the ...
He was about 30 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Madras European Fusiliers (later The Royal Dublin Fusiliers), Madras Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:
A party, on the 26th of September, 1857, was shut up and besieged in a house in the city of Lucknow, by the rebel sepoys...Private McManus in conjunction with Private John Ryan, rushed into the street, and took Captain Arnold, of the 1st Madras Fusiliers, out of a dooly, and brought him into the house in spite of a heavy fire, in which Captain ...
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) raised by the East India Company in 1742 and absorbed by the British Army in 1862. 102nd Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Volunteers), raised in 1760; 102nd Regiment of Foot (1781), raised in 1781; 102nd Regiment of Foot (Irish Rangers), raised in 1794
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 town of Madras was founded in 1639 and the first Fort Saint George in 1644. In August 1758, they were formed into regular companies of 100 men each with a due proportion of Indian officers, havildars, naiks, etc. and in December of that year the first two battalions were formed with a European subaltern to each company and a captain to command the whole.