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*'''1922''' became 3rd/[[11th Sikh Regiment]]
 
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*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
 
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
== External Links ==
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/45thsikhs.htm 45th Rattrays Sikhs] British Empire Website
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==Regimental histories==
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*''Regimental History of the 45th Rattray's Sikhs Volume 1 1856-1914'' by H. St. G. M. McRae, published  1933. Available at the [[British Library]]
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*''Regimental History Of The 45th Rattray’s Sikhs During The Great War And After. 1914-1921'' by Lieut-Colonel R. H. Anderson originally published 1925.  Available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/regimental-history-of-the-45th-rattrays-sikhs-during-the-great-war-and-after-1914-1921/  ''Regimental History Of The 45th Rattray’s Sikhs During The Great War And After. 1914-1921''] by Lieut-Colonel R. H. Anderson Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in  turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer below.
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:The Regiment spent the period 1914-1916 on India's North-West Frontier, 1916-1918 fighting the Turks in Mesopotamia, and 1919-1921 in Kurdistan
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/45thsikhs.htm 45th Rattrays Sikhs] British Empire Website
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*[http://www.sikhsinthearmy.co.uk/45th-rattary-sikhs/4555769869 45th Rattrays Sikhs] sikhsinthearmy.co.uk
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*[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18971017.2.187# "The Hero of Chakdara’s Own Story"] ''Los Angeles Herald,'' Volume 27, Number 17, 17 October 1897. Account of Lieutenant H B Rattray of the 45th B I (Rattray’s) Sikhs at the [[Battle of Chakdara]] in 1897. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
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*[http://www.empirefaithwar.com/whats-happening/article-entries//45th-rattary-sikhs-taken-from-the-navy-army-illustrated-1902 45th Rattray Sikhs] empirefaithwar.com. First published in ''The Navy & Army Illustrated'', 1902.
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*Watercolour by  Charles James Lyall:  [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251061/ 1903. Subadur-Major Jinwad Sing Batradur, 45th (Rattray's Sikhs)] Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.
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===Historical books online===
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*''Regimental History Of The 45th Rattray’s Sikhs During The Great War And After. 1914-1921'' by Lieut-Colonel R. H. Anderson  published 1925 is  available in a reprint edition, which in  turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsikKyQO-e online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3]  (located in World War II/Military Books/India).
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:39, 9 October 2018

Known as 45th Rattrays Sikhs

Chronology

  • 1856 raised as The Bengal Military Police Battalion by Capt Thomas Rattray
  • 1858 became 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion
  • 1861 became Bengal Military Police Battalion
  • 1864 became 45th (Rattray's Sikh) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 45th (Rattray's Sikh) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 45th (Rattray's) Sikh Infantry
  • 1922 became 3rd/11th Sikh Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental histories

  • Regimental History of the 45th Rattray's Sikhs Volume 1 1856-1914 by H. St. G. M. McRae, published 1933. Available at the British Library
  • Regimental History Of The 45th Rattray’s Sikhs During The Great War And After. 1914-1921 by Lieut-Colonel R. H. Anderson originally published 1925. Available in a reprint edition,[1] which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer below.
The Regiment spent the period 1914-1916 on India's North-West Frontier, 1916-1918 fighting the Turks in Mesopotamia, and 1919-1921 in Kurdistan

External links

Historical books online

  • Regimental History Of The 45th Rattray’s Sikhs During The Great War And After. 1914-1921 by Lieut-Colonel R. H. Anderson published 1925 is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in World War II/Military Books/India).

References

  1. Regimental History Of The 45th Rattray’s Sikhs During The Great War And After. 1914-1921 by Lieut-Colonel R. H. Anderson Naval & Military Press reprint edition.