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Military unit
The
107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot
was an
infantry
regiment
of the
British Army
, raised by the
East India Company
in 1765. Under the
Childers Reforms
, it amalgamated with the
35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot
to form the
Royal Sussex Regiment
.
History
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The mausoleum of
Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech
,
Regent
of
Rohilkhand
, at
Bareilly
, India
Early history
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The regiment as first raised by the
East India Company
as the
3rd Bengal European Regiment
, when it was formed from the
1st Bengal Europeans
in 1765.
[1]
It went to take part in an action at
Rohilkhand
in April 1774 during the
First Rohilla War
.
[2]
It served in India until it was absorbed by the 1st and
2nd Bengal Europeans
in 1798.
[1]
The Victorian era
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The regiment was re-raised as the
3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry
in 1854 and then saw action in India in 1857 during the
Indian Rebellion
.
[2]
After the Crown took control of the
Presidency armies
in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the
3rd Bengal Light Infantry
in November 1859.
[1]
It was then renumbered as the
107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)
on transfer to the
British Army
in September 1862.
[1]
It embarked for England in 1875.
[2]
As part of the
Cardwell Reforms
of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 107th was linked with the
35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot
, and assigned to district no. 43 at
Roussillon Barracks
in
Chichester
.
[3]
On 1 July 1881 the
Childers Reforms
came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot to form the
Royal Sussex Regiment
.
[1]
Regimental Colonels
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Colonels of the Regiment
were:
[1]
- 3rd Bengal Light Infantry
- 1862: Maj-Gen. George Huyshe, CB
- 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) (British Army)
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Regimental titles in
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