The Royal Munster Fusiliers,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 104th (Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment; with Militia Battalions.
3rd Batt. The South Cork Militia.
4th Batt. The Kerry Militia.
5th Batt. The Royal Limerick County Militia.
"Spectamur Agendo."
The Royal Tiger. The Arms of Munster.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1760-63. The 101st (Highland) Regiment of Foot; also Johnstone's Highlanders; disbanded.
1780-83. The 101st Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-95. The 101st (Irish) Regiment of Foot; drafted.
1806-17. The 101st (Duke of York's Irish) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1759-1840. The Hon. East India Company's Bengal (European) Regiment.
1840-41. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Bengal (European) Regiment.
1841-46. The Hon. East India Company's 1st (Bengal European) Light Infantry.
1846-58. The Hon. East India Company's 1st (Bengal European) Fusiliers.
1858-61. The 1st Bengal Fusiliers.
1861-81. The 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers.
2nd Batt.
1761-63. The 104th (King's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1780-83. The 104th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-95. The 104th (Royal Manchester Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; drafted.
1806-16. The 104th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1839-50. The Hon. East India Company's 2nd Bengal (European) Regiment.
1850-58. The Hon. East India Company's 2nd (Bengal European) Fusiliers.
1858-61. The 2nd Bengal Fusiliers.
1861-81. The 104th Bengal Fusiliers.
1881 (from). The Royal Munster Fusiliers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1757. Chandernagore.
*1757. Plassey (1).
*1758. Condore (1).
*1759. Masulipatam (1).
*1759. Badara (1).
1760-61. Delhi.
1760. Wyndewash.
*1763-65. Gujerat (1).
*1764. Buxar (1).
*1774-94. Rohilcund (1).
1781. Porto Novo.
*1781. Sholingur.
1782. Arnee.
*1783. Carnatic (1).
1783. Cuddalore.
*1804. Deig.
1805. Bhurtpore.
1808. Macao.
1810. Amboyna.
1813-14. Canada.
1814-15. Nepaul.
1815. Java.
*1826. Bhurtpore (1).
*1839-40. Afghanistan (1).
*1839. Ghuznee (1).
*1845. Ferozeshah (1).
*1846. Sobraon (1).
*1848-49. Punjaub (2).
*1849. Chillianwallah (2).
*1849. Goojerat (2).
1851-53. Burma.
*1852-53. Pegu (1 & 2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1857. Delhi (1 & 2).
*1858. Lucknow (1).
*1885-87. Burma (1).
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—The 101st (when raised) wore Scarlet with Sky-blue facings, the latter being changed to Blue in 1846; the 104th have worn Scarlet with Blue facings throughout.
Regimental and other Badges.—"A Shamrock." "The Royal Tiger." Also (since territorialisation) "The Arms of Munster." Motto, "Spectamur agendo."
Nicknames.—"The Dirty Shirts" (the 101st fought without the tunic at Delhi in 1857).
Notes.—The two battalions received their titles in 1846 and 1850, for distinction in the Sutlej and Punjaub Campaigns respectively; the officers of the 104th being allowed to wear also a scarlet band in the forage cap for services in India.
Bibliography.—History of the Royal European Regiment, now the Royal Munster Fusiliers. By Lieutenant-Colonel P. R. Innes. Illustrated. [London: Simpkin. 1885.]