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From: "Alfred Gabb" <>
Subject: Dublin Fusiliers
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 22:03:49 +0100

The following message to Win Carruthers in Pert, Aus. bounced using his web
address.
Alfred Gabb

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> Hi Win
>
> Yes, after the Indian Mutiny of 1857/58 the British Government took over the
> military from the East India Company and indeed the whole government of
> India. In about 1861 like the Bombay Fusiliers, to which a gt grandfather of
> mine was attached in 1850's, the Madras (European) Fusiliers of the EIC
> also, as the now Royal Madras Fusiliers, became part of the 102nd Regt of
> Foot of the British Army (according o Philip Mason in 'A Matter of
> Honour'.(although I note that Jill Grey says 103rd) known as the Royal
> Dublin Fusiliers.
>
> Try http://www.du.edu/~tomills for a vast listing of the British Army and
> Indian Army
>
> Good luck
>
> Regards
>
> Alfred Gabb,York,UK
> Researching GABB,CALLAGHAN,HAYTER,WARD,WAINWRIGHT in India,England & Ireland
> Author of 'Anglo-Indian Legacy'
>
>
>
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>>From: Wesfire <>
>>To: "Alfred Gabb" <>
>>Subject: Re: 102nd/103rd Regiments
>>Date: Mon, May 24, 1999, 3:08 am
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>> Dear Alfred,
>> Were the Royal Madras Fusiliers anything to do with the DUBLIN FUSILIERS?
>> My ancestor left Ireland (I have a birth record down in Clonmel, County
>> Waterford) for India "when the Mutiny commenced". I do not know where to
>> look or HOW to look for any Regiment he served with. Written on the only
>> piece of paper I have regarding him is written DUBLIN FUSILIERS.
>> Kind regards.
>> Win Carruthers
>> Perth, Western Australia
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>> At 21:57 23/05/99 +0100, you wrote:
>>>Hi Jill
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>>>Jill said
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>>>> The internal working of the regimental system has a life of its own...
>>>> ...I'm baffled by the fact that the Royal Madras Fusiliers should have
>>>> fetched up in Naas (Naas!), Ireland, in 1880 and were recruited from
>>>> Elgin in Scotland before amalgamating with the 103rd to become the
>>>> 1st Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers who - as far as I can see - never set
>>>> boot in any other part of Ireland, never mind Dublin ! (Previous
>>>> recruitment to the Reg was from the EIC).
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>>>According to Philip Mason in 'A Matter of Honour',the Bombay Fusiliers, who
>>>also ended up with the 103rd regt Royal Dublin Fusiliers, were started in
>>>1668 from four companies of British (Kings) troops that arrived in Bombay in
>>>1662.He does not name the regt. Perhaps they were from an Irish Regt?
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>>>Regards
>>>
>>>Alfred Gabb
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