108th Infantry: Difference between revisions

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

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

Maratha Light Infantry Wikipedia
108th Infantry British Empire website
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4th Bombay Grenadiers Wikipedia
Page 75 Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army by Gautam Sharma Google Books
"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.

Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 2nd Battalion 4th Regiment Officers' muster roll in Surat Google Books

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 *[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://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.
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