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*'''1945''' became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Battalion Rajputana Rifles | *'''1945''' became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Battalion Rajputana Rifles | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | *'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/120th_Rajputana_Infantry 120th Rajputana Infantry] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/120th_Rajputana_Infantry 120th Rajputana Infantry] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/120thrajputana.htm 120th Rajputana Infantry] British Empire website<br> | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/120thrajputana.htm 120th Rajputana Infantry] British Empire website<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputana_Rifles Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputana_Rifles Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia | ||
*Listen to the [https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80022187 1976 interview with Henry Hampton Rich] British officer served with 120th Rajputana Infantry in Mesopotamia, 1915-1916, including siege of Kut-el-Amara; POW in Turkey, 1916-1918. Catalogue number 766. Imperial War Museums. | |||
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1966-02-37-1 Manuscript diary of Lieutenant Charles Mosse, 120th Rajputana Rifles between 16 July 1914 and 28 September 1915] in Mesopotamia, now Iraq. nam.ac.uk. | |||
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1966-02-99-1 Photograph: Captain Charles Mosse, 120th Rajputana Infantry, with his dog in Waziristan, 1920]. Includes details of WW1 service in Mesopotamia. [https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1966-02-99-2 Second photograph] nam.ac.uk. | |||
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Revision as of 13:40, 31 May 2018
Known as the 20th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 120th Rajputana Infantry in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1817 formed as 2nd Battalion 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1824 became 20th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1885 became 20th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
- 1901 became 20th Bombay Infantry
- 1903 became 120th Rajputana Infantry
- 1922 became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 1945 became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Battalion Rajputana Rifles
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External links
- 120th Rajputana Infantry Wikipedia
- 120th Rajputana Infantry British Empire website
- 6th Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
- Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
- Listen to the 1976 interview with Henry Hampton Rich British officer served with 120th Rajputana Infantry in Mesopotamia, 1915-1916, including siege of Kut-el-Amara; POW in Turkey, 1916-1918. Catalogue number 766. Imperial War Museums.
- Manuscript diary of Lieutenant Charles Mosse, 120th Rajputana Rifles between 16 July 1914 and 28 September 1915 in Mesopotamia, now Iraq. nam.ac.uk.
- Photograph: Captain Charles Mosse, 120th Rajputana Infantry, with his dog in Waziristan, 1920. Includes details of WW1 service in Mesopotamia. Second photograph nam.ac.uk.