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After the war, the 1st Battalion returned to India from Burma. After a stay in Hong Kong, the regiment fought in the Malayan Emergency against pro-independence and communist guerrillas known as the Malayan National Liberation Army. In 1948 both regular battalions were amalgamated as the 1st Battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. [32]
The 23 Parachute Field Ambulance, 1 Parachute Logistic Regiment and the band of the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment subsequently provided protection for Government buildings and officials as well as assisting the Bermuda Police. The 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was briefly despatched to Bermuda at the request of the local ...
Two soldiers of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Captain Gerald O'Sullivan and Corporal James Somers, were awarded the Victoria Cross for recapturing a trench taken by the Ottomans during a counter-attack. Faik Paşa, known for his bravery and aggressiveness was put in charge of the right wing of the Otto limanne at ...
Royal Berkshire Regiment; Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Royal Fusiliers; Royal Guernsey Light Infantry; Royal Hampshire Regiment; Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Royal Irish Fusiliers; Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) Royal Leicestershire Regiment; Royal Lincolnshire Regiment; Royal Munster Fusiliers; Royal Norfolk Regiment; Royal Northumberland ...
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 ]
2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment; 15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier E. O. Martin until 22 January then Brigadier John Yeldham Whitfield [2]) 1st Battalion, Green Howards; 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster ...
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers' cap badge used until 1916. The Childers Reforms took Cardwell's reforms further, with the linked battalions forming single regiments. From 1 July 1881 the 27th and 108th Regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers , and the militia battalions followed in numerical sequence.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Royal Fusiliers; Royal Highland Fusiliers; Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Royal Irish Fusiliers; Royal Munster Fusiliers; Royal Northumberland Fusiliers; Royal Pembroke Fusiliers; Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; Royal Scots Fusiliers; Royal Tyrone Fusiliers; Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers; Royal Welch Fusiliers