27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot

Below is some genealogy information on the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

Description: Formed in 1689 to fight for William of Orange against James II, they were initially a militia regiment from Inniskilling (Enniskillen). Thanks to their successes they were absorbed in to the British army in 1690. They saw action against the Jacobite rebellion in the mid-1700s. In 1751 they were renamed the 27th (Enniskillen) Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Seven Years War, fighting in North American and the Caribbean. They saw action in the American War of Independence. During the Napoleonic Wars they fought in Egypt against the French expansion there before moving to Europe to fight at the battle of Waterloo. In 1840 they were renamed the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot. They saw action in India during the Indian Mutiny. In 1881 they amalgamated with the 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry), forming the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Colenso, Spionkop, Ladysmith and Valkrantz and Pieters. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Greek, Turkish and Middle Eastern fronts in battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, the 1st battle of Ypres, the 2nd battle of Ypres, Festubert, Loos, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, Cambrai, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), the 2nd battle of the Somme (1918), Selle, Passchendaele, Gallipoli, Salonika and the 3rd battle of the Gaza. During the Second World War they fought across the Western, Far Eastern, African, Italian and Middle Eastern fronts and were involved in the Dunkirk evacuations and the invasion of Italy. In 1968 they were amalgamated with the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Royal Irish Fusiliers, forming the Royal Irish Rangers. In 1992 they amalgamated with the Ulster Defense Regiment, forming the Royal Irish Regiment. Their nickname is The Lumps.

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