107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

 

==History==

The regiment as first raised by the [[East India Company|Honourable East India Company]] as the '''3rd Bengal European Regiment''', when it was split off from the [[101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)|1st Bengal Europeans]] in 1765.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/107-862.htm |title=107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=5 September 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510205216/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/107-862.htm |archivedate=10 May 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref> It served in India until it was absorbed by the 1st and [[104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)|2nd Bengal Europeans]] in 1798.<ref name=regiments/>

 

The regiment was originally formed by the [[Honourable East India Company]] in 1854 as the '''3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry''', and served in the [[Indian Mutiny]] of 1857.<ref name=regiments/> As with all other "European" units of the Company, they were placed under the command of the Crown in 1858, and formally moved into the British Army in 1862, ranked as the 107th Foot.