102nd Regiment of Foot

The 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) was an infantry regiment, originally raised by the British East India Company and absorbed by the British Army in 1862. It was combined with the 103rd Regiment of Foot in 1881 to form the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Between the years of 1746 and 1830 the Honorable East India Company European Regiment looked after that organisation's interests in British Colonial India. The regiment was renamed HEIC ... more

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