Neill's 'Blue Caps': v. 2 1826-1914

Being the Records of the Antecedents and early History of the Regiment variously known as the East India Company's European Regiment, the Madras European Regiment, the 1st Madras European Regiment, the 1st Madras European Fusiliers, the 1st Madras Fusiliers, the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers and the 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Published in three volumes, this massive compilation is one of Colonel Wylly's best works.Both highly informative and fluently written, the first two volumes of the series cover the services of the Madras Fusiliers in their various guises from 1746 to 1881 when the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers were amalgamated with the 103rd Bombay Fusiliers to form the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.