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Seringapatam 1799: British Regiments (509 words) |
 | The 77th (Atholl Highlanders) Regiment, raised 1775, was disbanded 1783; embarked for India in 1788; in 1807, the Regiment became The 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot. |
| It served without number until 1803, when it was taken into British service, and numbered the 94th (Scots Brigade) Regiment of Foot; this was disbanded in 1818; in 1823, the 94th Regiment of Foot was raised, and in 1881, was linked to the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot to form The Connaught Rangers. |
| From 1841; the HEIC 1st Bengal (European) Regiment; from 1841, the HEIC 1st (Bengal European) Light Infantry; from 1846 the HEIC 1st (Bengal European) Fusiliers; from 1858, The 1st Bengal Fusiliers; from 1861 the 101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment; from 1881, linked to the 104th (Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment to form The Royal Munster Fusiliers. |
| British Light Infantry Regiments (6998 words) |
| The remnant of the regiment was disbanded at Dover Castle in 1783. |
| The fourth regiment was the 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales Royal Canadians) a British infantry regiment raised in 1857 by officers of the Canadian Volunteers to serve in India in dealing with the Indian Mutiny. |
| The King's New Brunswick Regiment of Foot was raised as a provincial corps in 1793 and was elevated to a fencible corps in 1799. |
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