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| | #REDIRECT [[108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)]] |
| | unit_name = 108th Regiment of Foot
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| | dates = 1766–1774<br>1777–1796<br>1854–1881
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| |country=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[East India Company]] (1766–1858)<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}} (1858–1881)
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| |branch=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[Madras Army]] (1766–1862)<br>{{army|United Kingdom}} (1862–1881)
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| | type = [[Infantry]]
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| | size = One battalion (two battalions 1777–1796)
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| # [[St Lucia Barracks, Omagh]]
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| | battles =[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]]
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| The '''108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)''' was an [[infantry]] regiment of the [[British Army]]. However, it was raised initially as part of the [[Madras Army]], by the [[East India Company]] (EIC) in 1766.
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| In the aftermath of the [[Indian Rebellion]] (1857), the British government took control of the [[Presidency Armies]] and the 108th became als known by the name '''3rd Madras Infantry'''.<ref name=regiments/> Finally, under the [[Childers Reforms]] of 1881, the regiment was amalgamated with the [[27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot]], to form the [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]].
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| ==History==
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| [[File:William Anson McCleverty.jpg|thumb|left|General [[William Anson McCleverty|William McCleverty]], colonel of the regiment in the 1860s]]
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| === East India Company ===
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| The regiment as first raised by the [[East India Company]] as the '''3rd Madras European Regiment''', when it was formed from the [[102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)|1st Madras Europeans]] in 1766.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/108-862.htm |title=108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060310120028/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/108-862.htm |archive-date=10 March 2006 }}</ref>
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| It served in India until 1774, when it was absorbed by the 1st and [[105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)|2nd Madras Europeans]] in 1774.<ref name=regiments/>
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| Re-raised as a separate regiment in 1777, the 108th was disbanded in 1796.<ref name=regiments/>
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| The regiment was re-raised as the '''3rd Madras (European) Regiment''' in 1854, and then saw action in India in 1857 during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].<ref name=locations>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/108.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513201440/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/108.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 May 2006|title=108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot: Locations|publisher=Regiments.org|access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref>
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| === British Army ===
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| After the Crown took control of the [[Presidency armies]] in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the '''3rd Madras Infantry''' in November 1859.<ref name=regiments/> It was then renumbered as the '''108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)''' on transfer to the [[British Army]] in September 1862.<ref name=regiments/> It embarked for England in 1876.<ref name=locations/>
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| As part of the [[Cardwell Reforms]] of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 108th was linked with the [[27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot]], and assigned to district no. 64 at [[St Lucia Barracks, Omagh]].<ref name=training>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2006|title=Training Depots|publisher=Regiments.org|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref>
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| On 1 July 1881 the [[Childers Reforms]] came into effect and the 108th amalgamated with the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot to form the [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]].<ref name=regiments/>
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| ==Battle Honours==
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| Battle honours of the regiment were:<ref name=regiments/>
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| * Central India
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| ==Regimental Colonels==
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| Colonels of the Regiment were:<ref name=regiments/>
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| *1862–1868: Lt-Gen. Sir [[George Cornish Whitlock]], KCB
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| *1868: Lt-Gen. Arthur Cunliffe van Notten Pole
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| *1868–1875: Gen. [[William Anson McCleverty]]
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| *1875–1880: Gen. [[John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalyrmple]], CB
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| *1880–1881: Gen. Sir [[Edward Greathed|Edward Harris Greathed]], KCB
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist|30em}}
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| ==External links==
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| *{{cite web |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/108-862.htm |title=108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) |access-date=April 15, 2007 |last=Mills |first=T.F. |work=regiments.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220001237/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/108-862.htm |archive-date=2007-12-20 |url-status=dead }} Includes chronological index of titles.
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| {{Royal Irish Regiment}}
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