106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)

2nd Bombay European Regiment (to 1862) 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)
Glengarry badge of the 106th regiment of Foot
Active	1839-1881
Country	British India to 1858 UK
Allegiance	H.E.I.C. to 1858 The Crown
Branch	British Army
Type	light infantry
Size	One battalion
Garrison/HQ	Sunderland Barracks from 1872
Colours	Facing Colour: Pale Buff to 1842 White
March	"Paddy Carey"

The 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, the third to bear the number after the Black Musqueteers (1761–1763) and a regiment raised briefly in 1794. It was formed by renaming the 2nd Bombay European Regiment, formed by the Honourable East India Company in 1839. In 1881 the 106th Regiment was joined with the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) to form the Durham Light Infantry, as its second regular battalion.

On 29 July 1839 the Honourable East India Company resolved to add a regiment of infantry to each of the armies of the Presidencies (Bengal, Madras and Bombay). The smallest Presidency thus gained the 2nd Bombay (European) Regiment at Pune, based around a cadre of officers and men from the 1st Bombay European Regiment returned from Kharg Island and Aden. The Regiment was intended from the start to be a light infantry regiment, and although the order for that was revoked in January 1840, it was reinstated in that November. By that time the Regiment was over its establishment strength of 967 officers and men including 87 men from the wreck of the Lord William Bentnick.

The first deployment of the regiment occurred when Sir Charles Napier annexed Sindh using troops from the Bombay presidency. The regiment was used to replace garrison troops used for that expedition and from March 1843, one wing was based in Bhuj, the other wing had been sent to Karachi. By October, 276 out of 437 men of the Buhj wing were sick with malaria. The whole regiment was then moved back to Belgaum in March 1844 to recover.