18th Musulman Rajput Infantry

Chronology

• 1795 raised as the Calcutta Native Militia
• 1823 became 1st Bengal Local Battalion
• 1859 became The Alipore Regiment
• 1861 became 22nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1861 became 18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1864 became 18th (Alipore) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1885 became 18th Regiment of Bengal Infantry
• 1902 became 18th Musulman Rajput Infantry
• 1903 became 18th Infantry
• 1922 united with 6th Jat Light Infantry, 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment), and 10th Infantry, to form 4th Bn, 9th Jat Regiment

Regimental histories

• War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment by Lieut. Col. W. L. Hailes, published 1938. Available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer below.
• War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment, Volume II: 1937-1948 by Lieut. Col. W. L. Hailes and Major J. Ross, edited by Lt.-Col. N. St. J. Becher, published 1965 in a very limited edition of 100 copies. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795379
• The Jat Regiment; a History of the Regiment, 1803-1947, a c 1967 reprint edition of the previous two volumes. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795380

External links

• 18th Infantry www.regiments.org
  
• 18th Infantry Wikipedia
• 9th Jat Regiment Wikipedia

Historical books online

• War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment by Lieut. Col. W. L. Hailes, first published 1938 is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, located in World War II/Military Books/Britain, letter W.