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== | == Overall Strength == | ||
In 1851 the Army of Bengal had the following contingents: | |||
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* 3 Brigades of Horse Artillery | |||
:*1st Brigade: 3 European and 2 Native Troops | |||
:*2nd Brigade: 3 European and 1 Native Troops | |||
:*3rd Brigade: 3 European and 1 Native Troops | |||
*6 Battalions of European Foot Artillery (4 Companies each) | |||
*Engineer Corps | |||
*11 Regiments of Light Cavalry | |||
*2 Regiments of European Fusiliers | |||
74 Regiments of Native Infantry | |||
*3 Regional Corps | |||
:*Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghizie | |||
:*Regiment of Loodianah | |||
:*Regiment of Ferozepore | |||
*18 Regiments of Irregular Cavalry | |||
*5 Regiments of Punjab Cavalry | |||
*5 Regiments of Punjab Infantry | |||
*4 Sikh Infantry Corps in the Punjab | |||
*Corps of Guides at Lahore | |||
*21 Regional Contingents | |||
:* 1 Calcutta Battalion | |||
:*1 Ramghur Battalion | |||
:*1 Hill Ranger Battalion | |||
:*1 Nusseree Battalion | |||
:*1 Sirmoor Battalion | |||
:*1 Kemaoon Battalion | |||
:*2 Assam Battalions | |||
:*1 Mhairwarrah Battalion | |||
:*1 Arracan Battalion | |||
:*1 Hurreeana Battalion | |||
:*2 Regiments of Oude Infantry | |||
:*1 Battalion of Sylhet Infantry | |||
:*2 Bheel Corps | |||
:*1 Malwa Corps | |||
:*1 Meywar Corps | |||
:*1 Corps of Sebundee Sappers and Miners | |||
:*1 Camel Corps | |||
:*1 Shekhawattee Brigade | |||
*Gwalior Contingent | |||
:*1 Artillery Corps | |||
:*2 Cavalry Regiments | |||
:*7 Infantry Regiments | |||
* Imperial Contingents of Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry | |||
:*Malwa | |||
:*Bhopal | |||
:*Khotah | |||
:*Joudpore | |||
</div> | |||
* [[Governor General's Bodyguard]] | == Cavalry == | ||
* [[1st Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | ==== Regular Cavalry Regiments ==== | ||
* [[2nd Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | ||
* [[3rd Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | *[[Governor General's Bodyguard]] | ||
* [[4th Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | *[[1st Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[5th Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | *[[2nd Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[1st Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[3rd Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[4th Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[5th Bengal European Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[4th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[1st Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[5th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[2nd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[7th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[4th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[8th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[5th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[9th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[10th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | *[[7th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[1st Irregular Cavalry]] ([[Skinner's Horse]]) | *[[8th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[2nd Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[9th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[3rd Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[10th Bengal Light Cavalry]] | ||
* [[4th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[1st Irregular Cavalry]] ([[Skinner's Horse]]) | ||
* [[5th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[2nd Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[6th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[3rd Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[7th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[4th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[8th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[5th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[9th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[6th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[10th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[7th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[11th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[8th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[12th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[9th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[13th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[10th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[14th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[11th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[15th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[12th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[16th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[13th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[17th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[14th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[18th Irregular Cavalry]] | *[[15th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[16th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[17th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[18th Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | </div> | ||
* [[Bhopal Contingent Cavalry]] | ==== Regiments raised during the Mutiny ==== | ||
* [[ | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | ||
* [[ | *[[Alexander's Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Barrow's Volunteers]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Behar Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[2nd | *[[Benares Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry]] | ||
* [[1st Regiment of Hodson's Horse]] | *[[Bhopal Contingent Cavalry]] | ||
* [[2nd Regiment of Hodson's Horse]] | *[[Bundelkhand Legion Cavalry]] | ||
* [[3rd Regiment of Hodson's Horse]] | *[[Calcutta Volunteer Guards]] | ||
* [[ | *[[De Kantzow's Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[19th Bengal Lancers (Fane's Horse)|Fane's Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Graham's Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Gwalior Contingent Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[2nd Gwalior Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[H.H. The Guicowar's Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|1st Regiment of Hodson's Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[10th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|2nd Regiment of Hodson's Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[3rd Regiment of Hodson's Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Jackson's Volunteer Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Jellandhar Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Jodhpore Legion Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Kotah Contingent Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Lahore Light Horse]] | ||
*[[Lind’s Mooltanee Horse]] | |||
*[[1st Mahratta Horse]] | |||
* [[2nd | *[[18th Bengal Lancers|2nd Mahratta Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Meerut Light Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[15th (Cureton's Multani) Bengal Lancers|Multani Regiment of Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[14th Regiment of Bengal Lancers|Murray's Jat Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[17th Bengal Lancers |Muttra Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Nagpore Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[1st | *[[1st Oudh Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[2nd Oudh Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[3rd Oudh Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Peshawar Light Horse]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Rajghazi Volunteer Cavalry]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Ramgarh Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
*[[16th Bengal Cavalry|Rohilkhand Horse]] | |||
*[[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry/Wale's Horse]] | |||
* [[ | *[[12th Bengal Cavalry|2nd Sikh Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | *[[3rd Sikh Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | *[[13th (Duke of Connaught's) Bengal Lancers|4th Sikh Irregular Cavalry]] | ||
* [[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | *[[United Malwa Contingent Cavalry]] | ||
* [[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | *[[The Volunteer Cavalry]] | ||
* [[5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | </div> | ||
==== Punjab Irregular Force ==== | |||
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | |||
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
</div> | |||
== Infantry == | |||
== [[Bengal European | ==== Regular Infantry Regiments ==== | ||
The numbering adopted in this list is that of the 1824 reorganisation. The regiments generally kept these numbers until the [[Indian Mutiny]] in 1857. | |||
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* [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Bengal European Regiment ]] | |||
* [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd Bengal European Regiment]] | |||
* [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|3rd Bengal European Regiment]] | |||
* [[4th Bengal European Regiment]] | |||
* [[5th Bengal European Regiment]] | |||
* [[6th Bengal European Regiment]] | |||
* [[1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[5th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[7th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[22nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[28th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[29th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[38th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[39th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[40th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[41st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[44th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[45th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[49th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[50th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[51st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[52nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[54th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[55th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[57th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[58th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[59th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[61st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[62nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[63rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[64th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[65th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[66th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[67th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[68th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[69th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[70th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[71st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
* [[74th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] | |||
</div> | |||
==== Local Infantry Units ==== | |||
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | |||
*[[38th Regiment of Dogra Infantry|Agra Levy]] | |||
*[[Alipore Regiment]] | |||
*[[33rd Punjab Regiment of Infantry|Allahabad Levy]] | |||
*[[42nd Gurkha Rifles|1st Assam Light Infantry]] | |||
*[[43rd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Assam Light Infantry]] | |||
*[[36th (Bareilly) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Bareilly Levy]] | |||
*[[45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Bengal Military Police Battalion]] | |||
*[[Bhopal Battalion]] | |||
*[[Camel Corps]] | |||
*[[62nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Cawnpore Levy]] | |||
*[[Cole and Sonthal Levy]] | |||
*[[Deoli Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[East Indian Regiment]] | |||
*[[43rd Erinpura Regiment|Erinpura Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[34th (Fatehgarh) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Fatehgarh Levy]] | |||
*[[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Regiment of Ferozepore]] | |||
*[[Goojramwallah Levy]] | |||
*[[Gwalior Contingent]] | |||
*[[41st (Gwalior) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|1st Gwalior Regiment]] | |||
*[[2nd Gwalior Regiment]] | |||
*[[4th Gurkha Rifles|Extra Gurkha Regiment]] | |||
*[[Harianna Light Infantry]] | |||
*[[Joudpore Legion]] | |||
*[[Kamroop Regiment]] | |||
*[[12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers|Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie]] | |||
*[[Kotah Contingent]] | |||
*[[3rd Gurkha Rifles|Kumaon Battalion]] | |||
*[[Kuppurthala Contingent]] | |||
*[[Landhoor Rangers]] | |||
*[[3rd Local Battalion]] | |||
*[[17th (Loyal Purbeah) Regiment of Bengal Infantry|Loyal Purbeah Regiment]] | |||
*[[16th Rajput Infantry (The Lucknow Regiment)|Regiment of Lucknow]] | |||
*[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Regiment of Ludhiana]] | |||
*[[Malwa Bheel Corps]] | |||
*[[Malwa Contingent]] | |||
*[[37th (Meerut) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Meerut Levy]] | |||
*[[Mehidpore Contingent]] | |||
*[[Mewar Bheel Corps]] | |||
*[[Mhair Regiment]] | |||
*[[Mhairwara Battalion]] | |||
*[[Moradabad Levy]] | |||
*[[35th (Mainpuri) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Mynpoorie Levy]] | |||
*[[Nagpore Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[Narbudda Sebundy Corps]] | |||
*[[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Nusseree Battalion]] | |||
*[[Oudh Irregular Force]] | |||
*[[Rajpoot Levy]] | |||
*[[Ramgarh Light Infantry]] | |||
*[[Sealkote Infantry Levy]] | |||
*[[40th Regiment of Pathan Infantry|Shahjehanpur Levy]] | |||
*[[13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry|Shekhawati Battalion]] | |||
*[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|Sirmoor Battalion]] | |||
*[[44th Gurkha Rifles|11th Sylhet Local Light Infantry]] | |||
</div> | |||
==== Punjab Irregular Force ==== | |||
= | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | ||
* [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd or Hill Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
* [[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|6th Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
</div> | |||
==== Other Regiments raised during the Mutiny ==== | |||
= | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | ||
* [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry|9th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[10th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|10th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[22nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry|11th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[12th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|12th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[13th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|13th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[14th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|14th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|15th (Pioneer) Regiment of Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|16th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|17th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|18th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[27th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[28th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[29th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|21st Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[30th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|22nd Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Punjab Infantry]] | |||
* [[32nd Punjab Pioneers|24th (Pioneer) Punjab Infantry]] | |||
</div> | |||
==Artillery== | |||
*[[Bengal Horse Artillery]] | |||
*[[Bengal European Foot Artillery]] | |||
*[[Bengal Native Foot Artillery]] | |||
*[[Punjab Horse Artillery, Punjab Irregular Force]] | |||
==Engineers== | |||
*[[The Corps of Bengal Sappers and Miners]] | |||
*[[The Sebundy Sappers and Miners]] | |||
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