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| dates = 1765–1798<br>1854–1881
|country=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[East India Company]] (1765–1858)<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}} (1858–1881)
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|branch=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[Bengal Army]] (1765–1862)<br>{{army|United Kingdom}} (1862–1881)
| type = [[Infantry]]
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| size = One [[battalion]] (two battalions 1779–1781)
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| garrison =[[Roussillon Barracks]], [[Chichester]]
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The '''107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[British Army]], raised by the [[East India Company]] in 1765. Under the [[Childers Reforms]], it amalgamated with the [[35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot]] to form the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]].

==History==
[[File:The mausoleum of Hafiz Rahmat Khan at Bareilly, 1814-15.jpg|thumb|left|The mausoleum of [[Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech]], [[Regent]] of [[Rohilkhand]], at [[Bareilly]], India]]

===Early history===
The regiment was first raised by the [[East India Company]] as the '''3rd Bengal European Regiment''', when it was formed 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 |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510205216/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/107-862.htm |archive-date=10 May 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref> It went to take part in an action at [[Rohilkhand]] in April 1774 during the [[First Rohilla War]].<ref name=locations>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/107.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528054512/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/107.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2006|title=107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot: Locations|access-date=31 March 2017}}</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 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 of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].<ref name=locations/> After the Crown took control of the [[Presidency armies]] in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, the regiment became the '''3rd Bengal Light Infantry''' in November 1859.<ref name=regiments/> It was then renumbered as the '''107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)''' on transfer to the [[British Army]] in September 1862.<ref name=regiments/> It embarked for England in 1875.<ref name=locations/>

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 107th was linked with the [[35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot]], and assigned to district no. 43 at [[Roussillon Barracks]] in [[Chichester]].<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> On 1 July 1881 the [[Childers Reforms]] came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot to form the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]].<ref name=regiments/>

==Regimental Colonels==
[[Colonel of the Regiment|Colonels of the Regiment]] were:<ref name=regiments/>

;3rd Bengal Light Infantry
*1862: Maj-Gen. George Huyshe, CB

;107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) (British Army)
*1862–1868: Gen. Sir [[George Petre Wymer]], KCB
*1868–1873: Lt-Gen. William James D'Urban
*1873–1881: Gen. Hon. [[Arthur Upton (1807–1883)|Arthur Upton]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/107-862.htm|title=107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)|access-date=15 October 2007|last=Mills|first=T.F.|work=regiments.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022111806/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/107-862.htm|archive-date=22 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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{{Regiments of Foot}}

[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]
[[Category:Infantry regiments of the British Army]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1854]]
[[Category:British light infantry]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1881]]
[[Category:1854 establishments in India]]

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