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In 1948 both regular battalions were amalgamated as the 1st Battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. [32] In 1949, after a brief spell at home, the battalion went to the West Indies. It returned to the United Kingdom in April 1951. [33] In 1952 it was presented with the Freedom of Enniskillen, the town of its founding.
The 1st Battalion entered the Peninsular War in November 1812 [19] and participated in the Battle of Castalla [20] and the Siege of Tarragona, both in 1813. [21] The 2nd Battalion landed in Spain in December 1812 [19] and fought brilliantly at Castalla on 13 April 1813. While formed in a two-deep line, the unit inflicted 369 killed and wounded ...
Rumley was also colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot from 1870 until its amalgamation into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1881, after which he was Colonel of the 1st Battalion of the new regiment until 1884. He was then made Colonel of the 1st Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot from April 1884 until his death in September 1884 ...
Raised 1756 by the Honorable East India Company as the Bengal European Regiment. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 1st Bengal Fusiliers. Made a "royal" regiment and integrated into the British Army as the 101st Foot in 1861. [18] [170] 1881:1st Battalion, The Royal Munster Fusiliers: Disbanded 1922 102
The "Famous Irish Regiment" Dimbleby reports playing as they march past is not named, but would have been either the Royal Irish Fusiliers or the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. [ 10 ] Again in 1944, the BBC recorded the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Pipes & Drums playing Killaloe, by then adopted unofficially as the march of the ...
In October 1947, Grimshaw transferred to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and in 1948, he served with the regiment during the early stages of the Malayan Emergency. In 1952, he commanded the 1st Battalion of the regiment in the Canal Zone before leading the battalion during operations in the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya.
The 36th (Ulster) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Lord Kitchener's New Army, formed in September 1914.Originally called the Ulster Division, it was made up of mainly members of the Ulster Volunteers, who formed thirteen additional battalions for three existing regiments: the Royal Irish Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Rifles and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
On 1 July 1881 the 27th and 108th Regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and the Londonderry Light Infantry became the 4th Battalion. However, in a change of policy, the Londonderry Light Infantry was instead converted to artillery the following year, [ 4 ] [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 39 ] [ 35 ]