47th Regiment of Sikh Infantry

Known as 47th Sikhs

Chronology

• 1901 raised as the 47th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry
• 1901 became the 47th Sikh Infantry
• 1903 became the 47th Sikhs
• 1922 became the 5th/11th Sikh Regiment
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental Histories

• Portrait of Courage : Century of the 5th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, XLVII (D.C.O) Sikhs by Prem K. Khanna & Pushpindar Singh Chopra. Published in New Delhi 2001. Available at the British Library.

External Links

• 47th Sikhs British Empire website
• 47th Sikhs Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
• 11th Sikh Regiment Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
• The 47th (now the 5th) Sikh Regiment Jullundur Brigade Association (retrieved 29 April 2014)
• Sisley Richard Davidson Second-in-command of the 47th Sikhs with the B.E.F. during the First World War. Also served in Mesopotamia and Palestine. dnw.co.uk