The Royal Dublin Fusiliers,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers).
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers); with Militia Battalions.
3rd Batt. The Kildare Militia.
4th Batt. The Royal Dublin City Militia.
5th Batt. The Dublin County Militia.
"Spectamur Agendo."
The Elephant. The Arms of the City The Royal Tiger.
of Dublin.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1760-63. The 102nd (Queen's Own Royal Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1780-83. The 102nd Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1793-94. The 102nd (Irish) Regiment of Foot; drafted.
1809-16. The 102nd Regiment of Foot; raised in 1798 as the New South Wales Corps: disbanded in 1818 as the 100th Foot.
1746-1830. The Hon. East India Company's European Regiment.
1830-39. The Hon. East India Company's Madras (European) Regiment.
1839-43. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Madras (European) Regiment.
1843-58. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers.
1858-61. The 1st Madras Fusiliers.
1861-81. The 102nd (Royal Madras) Fusiliers.
2nd Batt.
1761-63. The 103rd (Volunteer Hunters) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1781-83. The 103rd (King's Irish Infantry) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-95. The 103rd (Loyal Bristol Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; drafted.
1809-17. The 103rd Regiment of Foot.
1661-68. The Bombay Regiment.
1668-1839. The Hon. East India Company's Bombay (European) Regiment.
1839-44. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Bombay (European) Regiment.
1844-58. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers.
1858-61. The 1st Bombay Fusiliers.
1861-81. The 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers.
1881 (from). The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
*1747-83. Carnatic (2).
*1747-83. Mysore (2).
*1751. Arcot (1).
*1757. Plassey (1 & 2).
*1758. Condore (1).
*1760. Wyndewash (1).
*1764. Buxar (2).
1764. Madras.
1764. Pondicherry.
1767-69. Mysore.
1778-80. Pondicherry.
*1780. Gujerat (1).
1780. Ahmedabad.
*1781. Sholingur (1).
1782. Arnee.
1783. Cuddalore.
1791. Bangalore.
*1791. Nundy-Droog (2).
*1792. Seringapatam (2).
*1793. Pondicherry (1).
*1810. Amboyna (1).
*1810. Ternate (1).
*1810. Banda (1).
*1817. Kirkee (2).
*1817. Maheidpore (1).
1819. Asseerghur.
*1821. Beni-Boo-Ally (2).
*1824. Ava (1).
*1839. Aden (2).
*1848-49. Punjaub (2).
*1849. Mooltan (2).
*1849. Gujerat (2).
*1852-53. Pegu (2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
1857. Cawnpore.
*1857. Lucknow (1).
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—1st Batt., Scarlet with Buff facings when raised, but the facings frequently changed—Blue, French Grey, White, and Blue; they are now (1900) Blue. 2nd Batt., when raised in 1661, the Sea-Green facings to the Scarlet uniform were adopted in compliment to Catherine of Braganza (Queen of Charles II.), Bombay being part of her dowry, and sea-green her favourite colour. The uniform and facings are now Scarlet and Blue.
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Royal Tiger" (for Nundy-Droog in 1791), "The Elephant" (for Mysore), also (since 1881) "The Arms of the City of Dublin." Motto, "Spectamur agendo" (this for services under Lord Clive).
Nicknames.—"The Lambs" (of the 102nd Foot), "The Old Toughs" (for long and arduous service of the 103rd in India).