The 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot was an

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of the

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, raised by the

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in 1765. Under the

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, it amalgamated with the

35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot The 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1701. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1881. History ...

to form the

Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot ...

History

The mausoleum of Hafiz Rahmat Khan at Bareilly, 1814-15

Early history

The regiment as first raised by the

as the 3rd Bengal European Regiment, when it was formed from the 1st Bengal Europeans in 1765. It went to take part in an action at

Rohilkhand Rohilkhand (previously Rampur State) is a region in the northwestern part of Uttar Pradesh, India, that is centered on the Rampur, Bareilly and Moradabad divisions. It is part of the upper Ganges Plain, and is named after the Rohilla tribe. Th ...

in April 1774 during the

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. It served in India until it was absorbed by the 1st and 2nd Bengal Europeans in 1798.

The Victorian era

The regiment was re-raised as the 3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry in 1854 and then saw action in India in 1857 during the

Indian Rebellion The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against Company rule in India, the rule of the East India Company, British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the The Crown, British ...

. After the Crown took control of the

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in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the 3rd Bengal Light Infantry in November 1859. It was then renumbered as the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) on transfer to the

in September 1862. It embarked for England in 1875. As part of the

Cardwell Reforms The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. Gladstone paid little attention ...

of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 107th was linked with the

, and assigned to district no. 43 at

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. On 1 July 1881 the

came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot to form the

Regimental Colonels

Colonels of the Regiment were: ;3rd Bengal Light Infantry *1862: Maj-Gen. George Huyshe, CB ;107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) (British Army) *1862–1868: Gen. Sir

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, KCB *1868–1873: Lt-Gen. William James D'Urban *1873–1881: Gen. Hon. Arthur Upton

References

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* {{Regiments of Foot Honourable East India Company regiments Infantry regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1854 British light infantry Military units and formations disestablished in 1881 1854 establishments in India