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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumaon_Regiment Kumaon Regiment] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumaon_Regiment Kumaon Regiment] Wikipedia
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&pg=PA267 Page 267] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&pg=PA267 Page 267] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma Google Books
*[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/a-moffatt/ 1979 Audio recording  by Mrs Agnes Moffatt, wife of an officer 1st Kumaon Rifles] with [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/077a.pdf Typescript Part 1] and [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/077b.pdf Typescript Part 2] s-asian.cam.ac.uk. She first joined her husband in Constantinople in 1621.
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*[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/a-moffatt/ 1979 Audio recording  by Mrs Agnes Moffatt, wife of an officer 1st Kumaon Rifles] with [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/077a.pdf Typescript Part 1] and [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/077b.pdf Typescript Part 2] s-asian.cam.ac.uk. She first joined her husband in Constantinople in 1921.
 
===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/271/mode/1up Page 271] ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. A brief reference to the raising of the 1st Battalion, 50th Kumaonis by Lt-Col E M Lang.
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/271/mode/1up Page 271] ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. A brief reference to the raising of the 1st Battalion, 50th Kumaonis by Lt-Col E M Lang.
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* ''Valour Triumphs:  A History of the Kumaon Regiment'' by K C Praval 1976. Copy and paste the following link in your browser
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:<nowiki>http://lib.perdana.org.my/PLF/PLF2/Digital_Content/PLF/000013/OCRed/Valour Triumphs.pdf
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:access the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200525141049/http://lib.perdana.org.my/PLF/PLF2/Digital_Content/PLF/000013/OCRed/Valour%20Triumphs.pdf archived version] Archive.org.
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Latest revision as of 00:27, 26 May 2020

Chronology:

  • October 1917 –raised as the 4th Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles
  • November 1917- became 4th/39th Kumaon Rifles
  • April 1918-became 1st/50th Kumaon Rifles
  • 1922-grouped with the Jat Regiment
  • 1923-affiliated with the 19th Hyderabad Regiment as the 1st Kumaon Rifles

First World War

The 1st/50th Kumaon Rifles fought at the battles of Sharon and Megiddo in Palestine. Two War Diaries are available at The National Archives, catalogue reference Part IV: Egypt, Palestine And Syria: War Diary of the 1/50 Battalion Kumaon Rifles

  • 1918 May - 1919 Apr. part of WO 95/4670 - 60 (London) Division [1] and
  • 1919 May - 1920 Mar. part of WO 95/4586 - 10 (Irish) Division[2]

In 1921 the regiment was stationed in Constantinople as guard to the Allied Headquarters.

External links

Historical books online

  • Page 271 Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. A brief reference to the raising of the 1st Battalion, 50th Kumaonis by Lt-Col E M Lang.
  • Valour Triumphs: A History of the Kumaon Regiment by K C Praval 1976. Copy and paste the following link in your browser
http://lib.perdana.org.my/PLF/PLF2/Digital_Content/PLF/000013/OCRed/Valour Triumphs.pdf or
access the archived version Archive.org.

References