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Known as the '''23rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry''' in the Bombay Army<br>Known as '''123rd Outram's Rifles'''in the Indian Army

*'''1824''' became '''23rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry'''

*'''1901''' became '''23rd Bombay Rifles'''*'''1903''' became '''123rd Outram's Rifles'''*'''1922''' became amalgamated with five other regiments, including the 125th Napier's Rifles, to become the 4th Battalion (Outram's) Battalion [[6th Rajputana Rifles]]

==Regimental histories==*See "Historical books online" below.* Also see [[6th Rajputana Rifles]] for further histories.==1930s==Memoirs of Brigadier William Alston's service in the Indian Army are in the collection of the National Army Museum, London, catalogue reference 8005/151. A description of the papers (8005/151/4) Volume III of his memoir, covering the period 1933-1935, indicate in Chapter 18 that he was a Coy Commander at Mhow March 1933. Chapter 19. Left in October 1934 for Wana, South Waziristan; training, building barracks, etc. Late Nov 4-day column to Tiarzha as Bde Intelligence Officer.<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/d38952c4-bfbc-44bf-974c-5c2abd0de8cb 8005/151 Alston Papers] at National Army Museum, London. Discovery catalogue entry discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. </ref> ==Second World War==4/6th Rajputana Rifles was part of the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 23/9/39 - 8/7/43, and was also attached 1/44 to 6/44. The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was raised at Jhansi on 23 September 1939 from 9th (Jhansi) Brigade.The movements of the Brigade were as follows:India 23/9/39 - 23/9/39:At sea 23/9/39 - 3/10/39:Egypt 3/10/39 - 21/12/40:Sudan and East Africa 21/12/40 - 13/4/41:Egypt 13/4/41 - 8/6/41:Syria 8/6/41 - 10/41:Egypt and Libya 10/41 - 4/42:Palestine 4/42 - 10/6/42:Egypt 10/6/42 - 1/1/43:Cyrenaica 1/1/43 - 13/3/43:Tripolitania 13/3/43 - 16/3/43:Tunisia 16/3/43 - 6/7/43:…: Italy 22/11/43 - 8/12/44<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/4-6-rajputana-rifles.52381/#post-613773 4/6 Rajputana Rifles] reply by 'dryan67'. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History] (retrieved 11 August 2016)</ref>  == External Links links ==*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/123rdoutram.htm 123rd Outram's Rifles] British Empire website<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputana_Rifles Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/123rd_Outram%27s_Rifles 123rd Outram's Rifles] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151121035819/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/military-honours/richpal-ram.php Richhpal Ram] [4th Battalion] 6th Rajputana Rifles was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for outstanding acts of courage at Keren [Cheren], Eritrea. February 1941 cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richhpal_Ram Richhpal Ram] Wikipedia:[https://web.archive.org/web/20170630000007/http://www.cwgc.org/news-events/news/2016/3/remembering-the-battle-of-keren-75-years-on.aspx Remembering the Battle of Keren 75 years on] 29 March 2016 cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.:[https://www.ww2cemeteries.com/eri-keren-war-cemetery.html Keren War Cemetery & Cremation Memorial] Eritrea. ww2cemeteries.com ===Historical books online===* ''Record Of The Service Of The 23rd Bombay Light Infantry During The Campaign In Burma, From July 1886 To May 1888'' by W A M Wilson. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279171/page/n0 Archive.org mirror version] from Digital Library of India.*''Outram’s Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles'' by H. G. Rawlinson 1933. [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3435 Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi<nowiki>]</nowiki> Digital Repository version]. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3435/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. :It is also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/outrams-rifles-a-history-of-the-4th-battalion-6th-rajputana-rifles/ ''Outram’s Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles''] by H. G. Rawlinson, originally published 1933. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsyrCuwIXZ online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in International/Military Books/India). ==References==<references/>{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}