104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)

other units with the same regimental number 104th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) April 2020 October 2014 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) 1765–18031822–18301839–1881 23px East India Company (1765–1858)United Kingdom (1858–1881) 23px Bengal Army (1765–1862)United Kingdom (1862–1881) Infantry One battalion Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee First Rohilla WarSecond Anglo-Sikh WarSecond Anglo-Burmese WarIndian Rebellion The 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) was a regiment of the British Army, raised by the Honourable East India Company in 1765. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) to form the Royal Munster Fusiliers. History thumb|left|upright|Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, colonel of the regiment in the 1860s Early history The regiment as first raised by the Honourable East India Company as the 2nd Bengal European Regiment when it was formed from the 1st Bengal European Regiment in 1765.http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/104-862.htm 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) regiments.org 4 September 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20060210173357/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/104-862.htm 10 February 2006 It went to take part in an action at Rohilkhand in April 1774 during the First Rohilla Warhttp://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20060310130928/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/104.htm dead 10 March 2006 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers): Locations Regiments.org 31 March 2017 before being absorbed by the Marine Battalion in 1803. It was re-raised as the 2nd Bengal (European) Regiment in 1822 and took part in a deployment to Burma in 1825 before being disbanded in 1830. The Victorian era thumb|The monument erected in memory of the losses sustained by both armies at the Battles of Saddalupar and Chillianwala in January 1849 The regiment was re-raised as the 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry from a nucleus of 1st Bengal (European) Regiment in 1839. It saw action at the Battle of Chillianwala in January 1849 and the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 in the Punjab during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. The regiment became the 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers in 1850 was deployed to Burma again in 1853 during the Second Anglo-Burmese War and then served at the Siege of Delhi in autumn 1857 during the Indian Rebellion. After the Crown took control of the Presidency armies in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers in November 1859 and then the 2nd Royal Bengal Fusiliers in May 1861. It was then renumbered as the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) on transfer to the British Army in September 1862. Although a new commanding officer was appointed on transfer to the British Army, both majors and six of the twelve captains had prior service in the regiment.22667 4681 30 September 1862 During the cholera epidemic of 1869, the regiment left its barracks at Peshawar on the North West Frontier for the countryside, to try to alleviate the impact of the disease. After the regiment had returned to barracks with the end of the epidemic, the commanding officer's wife, Elizabeth Webber Harris, was presented with a gold replica Victoria Cross, by the officers of the regiment, for her tireless endeavours tending the sick men.https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/564600/Only-woman-win-Victoria-Cross-Elizabeth-Webber-Harris-saved-soldiers-cholera Only woman to win a Victoria Cross: Elizabeth Webber Harris saved soldiers with cholera Ashcroft Lord 2015-03-18 Express.co.uk 2018-04-07 en 7 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180407120000/https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/564600/Only-woman-win-Victoria-Cross-Elizabeth-Webber-Harris-saved-soldiers-cholera live The presentation had the approval of Queen Victoria and was made by General Sir Sam Browne, commander of the Peshawar garrison. The regiment embarked for England in 1871. As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 104th was linked with the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers), and assigned to district no. 70 at Ballymullen Barracks in Tralee.http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm dead 10 February 2006 Training Depots Regiments.org 16 October 2016 On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) to form the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Battle honours Battle honours won by the regiment were: Rohilla War: Rohilcund 1774 (inherited from predecessor regiment) Second Anglo-Sikh War: Chillianwallah, Goojerat, Punjaub Indian Mutiny: Delhi 1857 Regimental Colonels Colonels of the Regiment were: 2nd Bengal Fusiliers (HEIC) c.1859: Maj-Gen. Robert Blackall 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) (British Army) 1862–1863: F.M. Sir Patrick Grant, GCB, GCMG 1863–1867: Gen. Sir George Bell, KCB 1867–1874: Gen. George Dixon 1874–1881: F.M. Sir Frederick Paul Haines, GCB, GCSI, CIE References Further reading Innes Lieutenant-Colonel P. R. History of the Royal European Regiment, now the Royal Munster Fusiliers https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.63168 Simpkin London 1885 External links http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/107-862.htm 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) 15 October 2007 Mills T.F. regiments.org https://web.archive.org/web/20071022111806/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/107-862.htm 22 October 2007 dead Category:Honourable East India Company regiments Category:Infantry regiments of the British Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1854 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1881 Category:1839 establishments in British India