  The 101st and 104th Regiments, combined to make up the Royal Munster Fusiliers, are both of Indian origin and have left their names deeply inscribed on the battles which gave that country to the Empire. The 101st was raised by Clive in India in 1756 as the Bengal European Regiment and shared in all the hard fighting from Chandernagore to Burmah, till the Mutiny brought them their crowning glory. After over one hundred years' campaigning the regiment came to England for the first time in 1868. The 2nd Battalion (the 104th Regiment) was formed in 1839 in Bengal and also did splendid service in the Mutiny and in the Burmah campaign. Nickname: "The Dirty Shirts," a cherished name given them as a result of fighting in their shirt sleeves at Delhi, in 1857. Army Service Corps.—A Field Bakery. Royal Dublin Fusiliers—Officers with Colours. (Depot, Naas.) (Record Office, Dublin.) The Royal Tiger, superscribed "Plassey," "Buxar." "Arcot," "Condore," "Wandiwash," "Pondicherry," "Guzerat," "Sholinghur," "Nundy Droog," "Amboyna," "Ternate," "Banda," "Seringapatam," "Kirkee," "Maheidpoor," "Beni Boo Alli," "Ava," "Aden," "Mooltan," "Goojerat," "Punjaub," "Pegu," "Lucknow," "Relief of Ladysmith," "South Africa, 1899-1902." Motto: Spectamur Agendo (We are judged by our deeds). Uniform, Scarlet. Facings, Blue. Head-dress, Racoon-skin cap, with blue and green plume on left side. Cap, Bright blue, with scarlet band. Regimental March, "British Grenadiers." |
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