7th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

Also known as the Burra Crawford Battalion

Chronology

• 1759 raised - location unknown
• 1763 ranked as 17th Battalion
• 1764 ranked as 5th Battalion
• 1765 posted to the 1st Brigade under Captain M'Pherson
• 1768 named the Burra Crawford Battalion after Captain James Crawford Snr
• 1775 renumbered the 4th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1781 became the 4th Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry
• 1784 became the 4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1786 became the 4th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1796 became the 1st Battalion 4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1824 became the 7th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1857 mutinied at Dinapore 25 July

External links

List of officers in 1829 Google Books