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**[http://jostamon.blogspot.com/2009/11/indian-soldier-in-great-war.html "An Indian Soldier in the Great War"] Subedar Manta Singh. Text from Ian Hislop’s ''Not Forgotten'' documentaries about the WW1, shown c 2009 on Channel 4. | **[http://jostamon.blogspot.com/2009/11/indian-soldier-in-great-war.html "An Indian Soldier in the Great War"] Subedar Manta Singh. Text from Ian Hislop’s ''Not Forgotten'' documentaries about the WW1, shown c 2009 on Channel 4. | ||
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/297622.html The 15th Ludhiana Sikhs and the Senussi. The Egyptian Western Desert, November 1915 to February 1916] from Harry Fecitt’s [http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/home.html Harry’s Africa] kaiserscross.com | *[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/297622.html The 15th Ludhiana Sikhs and the Senussi. The Egyptian Western Desert, November 1915 to February 1916] from Harry Fecitt’s [http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/home.html Harry’s Africa] kaiserscross.com | ||
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*[http://www.scribd.com/doc/36732392/SIKHS-A-Handbook-for-the-Indian-Army-1899 ''Handbook for the Indian Army: Sikhs'' 1928 edition, reprint 1940] by A E Barstow 2/11th Sikh Regiment (late 15th Ludhiana Sikhs) Scribd.com. This edition is also available to read on line on the [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=2673&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= Panjab Digital Library] | |||
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Revision as of 13:29, 27 August 2015
Known as 15th Ludhiana Sikhs or 15th Loodiana Sikhs
Chronology
- 1846 formed as Regiment of Ludhiana
- 1861 became 15th Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 became 15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1885 became 15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Ludhiana Sikhs)
- 1901 became 15th (Ludhiana) Sikh Infantry
- 1903 became 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
- 1922 became 2nd Bn/11th Sikh Regiment
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External Links
- 15th Ludhiana Sikhs British Empire website
- 15th Ludhiana Sikhs Wikipedia
- 1st Battalion King George V’s Own, Ferozepore Sikhs, and Loodiana Sikhs, 11th Sikh Regiment sikhsinthearmy.co.uk
- Manta Singh and the Battle of Neuve Chapell, France, March 1915. Regiment: 15th Ludhiana Sikhs. cwgc.org
- "An Indian Soldier in the Great War" Subedar Manta Singh. Text from Ian Hislop’s Not Forgotten documentaries about the WW1, shown c 2009 on Channel 4.
- The 15th Ludhiana Sikhs and the Senussi. The Egyptian Western Desert, November 1915 to February 1916 from Harry Fecitt’s Harry’s Africa kaiserscross.com
Historical books online
- Handbook for the Indian Army: Sikhs 1928 edition, reprint 1940 by A E Barstow 2/11th Sikh Regiment (late 15th Ludhiana Sikhs) Scribd.com. This edition is also available to read on line on the Panjab Digital Library