which would be sung, sotto voce, as they marched: Lineage |- style="text-align: center; background: #c4df9b;" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|Lineage |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan="6" style="width:25%; "| The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th) | rowspan="2" style="width:25%; "| The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | style="width:25%; "| The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot |- | style="width:25%; text-align:center;"| The 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan="2" style="width:25%; "| The Royal Ulster Rifles | style="width:25%; "| The 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot |- | style="width:25%; text-align:center;"| The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot |- | rowspan="2" style="width:25%; text-align:center;"| The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) | style="width:25%; text-align:center;"| The 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot |- | style="width:25%; text-align:center;"| The 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot Regimental Colonels Colonels of the Regiment were: 1968–1972: Lt-Gen. Sir Ian Cecil Harris, KBE, CB, DSO (ex Royal Ulster Rifles) 1972–1977: Maj-Gen. James Herbert Samuel Majury, CB, MBE 1977–1979: Maj-Gen. David N.C. (O'Morchoe), The O'Morchoe, CB, MBE 1979–1985: Maj-Gen. Humphrey Edgar Nicholson Bredin, DSO, MC 1985–1990: Brig. Mervyn Noel Samuel McCord, CBE, MC, AMBIM 1990–1992: Gen. Sir Roger Neil Wheeler, GCB, CBE, ADC *1992 Regiment amalgamated with Ulster Defence Regiment to form the Royal Irish Regiment See also Army Ranger Wing References External links The Official Royal Irish Rangers Association website Infantry regiments of the British Army Irish regiments of the British Army Military history of Northern Ireland Defunct Irish regiments of the British Army Royal Irish Regiment (1992) Military units and formations established in 1968 Military units and formations disestablished in 1992 1968 establishments in the United Kingdom 1992 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Irish regiments