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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Bombay_Grenadiers  4th Bombay Grenadiers] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Bombay_Grenadiers  4th Bombay Grenadiers] Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&lpg=PA75&ots=bMivCc4XVo&pg=PA75 Page 75] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army''  by Gautam Sharma Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&lpg=PA75&ots=bMivCc4XVo&pg=PA75 Page 75] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army''  by Gautam Sharma Google Books
*[http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96. Includes brief mention of the 108th Infantry.


==== Historical books on-line ====
==== Historical books on-line ====

Revision as of 00:49, 23 February 2014

Known as the 8th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as the 108th Infantry in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1768 formed as 1st Battalion Bombay Sepoys and known as the Jangi Paltan (Fighting Battalion)
  • 1796 became 2nd Battalion 4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 8th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 8th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
  • 1901 became 8th Bombay Infantry
  • 1903 became 108th Infantry
  • 1922 became 3rd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers
  • 1930 disbanded

External Links

Historical books on-line