=1st Batt.=
1760-63. The 101st (Highland) Regiment of Foot; also Johnstone's
Highlanders; disbanded.
1780-83. The 101st Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-95. The 101st (Irish) Regiment of Foot; drafted.
1806-17. The 101st (Duke of York's Irish) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1759-1840. The Hon. East India Company's Bengal (European) Regiment.
1840-41. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Bengal (European) Regiment.
1841-46. The Hon. East India Company's 1st (Bengal European) Light
Infantry.
1846-58. The Hon. East India Company's 1st (Bengal European) Fusiliers.
1858-61. The 1st Bengal Fusiliers.
1861-81. The 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers.
=2nd Batt.=
1761-63. The 104th (King's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1780-83. The 104th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-95. The 104th (Royal Manchester Volunteers) Regiment of Foot;
drafted.
1806-16. The 104th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1839-50. The Hon. East India Company's 2nd Bengal (European) Regiment.
1850-58. The Hon. East India Company's 2nd (Bengal European) Fusiliers.
1858-61. The 2nd Bengal Fusiliers.
1861-81. The 104th Bengal Fusiliers.
1881 (from). The Royal Munster Fusiliers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.
1757. Chandernagore.
*1757. Plassey (1).
*1758. Condore (1).
*1759. Masulipatam (1).
*1759. Badara (1).
1760-61. Delhi.
1760. Wyndewash.
*1763-65. Gujerat (1).
*1764. Buxar (1).
*1774-94. Rohilcund (1).
1781. Porto Novo.
*1781. Sholingur.
1782. Arnee.
*1783. Carnatic (1).
1783. Cuddalore.
*1804. Deig.
1805. Bhurtpore.
1808. Macao.
1810. Amboyna.
1813-14. Canada.
1814-15. Nepaul.
1815. Java.
*1826. Bhurtpore (1).
*1839-40. Afghanistan (1).
*1839. Ghuznee (1).
*1845. Ferozeshah (1).
*1846. Sobraon (1).
*1848-49. Punjaub (2).
*1849. Chillianwallah (2).
*1849. Goojerat (2).
1851-53. Burma.
*1852-53. Pegu (1 & 2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1857. Delhi (1 & 2).
*1858. Lucknow (1).
*1885-87. Burma (1).
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--The 101st (when raised) wore Scarlet with Sky-blue
facings, the latter being changed to Blue in 1846; the 104th have
worn Scarlet with Blue facings throughout.
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"A Shamrock." "The Royal Tiger."
Also (since territorialisation) "The Arms of Munster." Motto,
"_Spectamur agendo_."
NICKNAMES.--"The Dirty Shirts" (the 101st fought without the
tunic at Delhi in 1857).
NOTES.--The two battalions received their titles in 1846 and
1850, for distinction in the Sutlej and Punjaub Campaigns
respectively; the officers of the 104th being allowed to wear
also a scarlet band in the forage cap for services in India.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_History of the Royal European Regiment, now the
Royal Munster Fusiliers._ By Lieutenant-Colonel P. R. Innes.
Illustrated. [London: Simpkin. 1885.]
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers,