The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The Fermanagh Militia.
4th Batt. The Tyrone Militia.
5th Batt. The Donegal Militia.
The Castle of Inniskilling.
The White Horse.The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1689-1751. Colonel Zachariah Tiffin's (or successive Colonels' names) Regiment of Foot.
1751-1881. The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
2nd Batt.
1760-63. The 108th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
1794-96. The 108th Regiment of Foot: dispersed between 64th and 85th Foot.
1854-58. The Hon. East India Company's 3rd (Madras Infantry) Regiment.
1858-61. The 3rd (Madras) Regiment.
1861-81. The 108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment.
1881 (from). The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1690. Boyne.
1691. Aughrim.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1739. Porto Bello.
1741. Carthagena.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1756-60. Canada.
1758. Ticonderoga.
1762. Martinique.
1762. Grenada.
1762. Havannah.
1775-78. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1776. Long Island.
1776. White Plains.
1777. Germantown.
1778. St. Lucia.
1779. Grenada.
1793. Nieuport.
1794-95. Flanders.
1794. Nimeguen.
1795. Guildermalsen.
1796. Grenada.
*1796. St. Lucia (1).
1799. Helder.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
*1801. Egypt (1).
1801. Alexandria.
*1806. Maida (1).
*1808-14. Peninsula (1).
1809. Scylla.
1811. Albuera.
*1812. Badajos (1).
*1812. Salamanca (1).
*1813. Vittoria (1).
1813. St. Sebastian.
1813. Bidassoa.
*1813. Pyrenees (1).
*1813. Nivelle (1).
*1814. Orthes (1).
*1814. Toulouse (1).
1814. Plattsburg.
*1815. Waterloo (1).
1815. Netherlands.
*1834-35. South Africa (1).
*1846-47. South Africa (1).
*1857-58. Central India (2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—1st Batt., Scarlet and Buff facings (in 1689). 2nd Batt., Scarlet and Yellow facings (in 1854). Both wear Scarlet and Blue facings at the present time.
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Castle of Inniskilling with St. George's Colours" (in recognition of the defence of the Castle of Inniskilling in 1691). Also "The White Horse" (of Hanover), with the Motto, "Nec aspera terrent" (for services during the Jacobite rising of 1715). Also "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801).
Notes.—Formed from three Companies of the Inniskilling forces. It is unique in using the old Irish war-pipes. While employed on the Isthmus of Darien all but nine of six hundred men succumbed. For distinguished gallantry at St. Lucia, in 1696, it was directed that the French garrison in marching out should lay down their arms to the 27th, other marks of favour being likewise accorded to the officers and men of the regiment.
Nickname.—"The Lumps."
Bibliography.—Historical Record of The 27th Inniskillings.
A History of The 27th Regiment, now The 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. From its formation in 1689 to 1893. Compiled by Lieut.-Col. C. J. Lloyd Davidson. Illustrated with coloured plates of costumes and other illustrations.