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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/45thsikhs.htm 45th Rattrays Sikhs] British Empire Website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/45thsikhs.htm 45th Rattrays Sikhs] British Empire Website | ||
*[http://www.sikhsinthearmy.co.uk | *[http://www.sikhsinthearmy.co.uk/45th-rattary-sikhs/4555769869 45th Rattrays Sikhs] sikhsinthearmy.co.uk | ||
*[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18971017.2.187# "The Hero of Chakdara’s Own Story"] ''Los Angeles Herald,'' Volume 27, Number 17, 17 October 1897. Account of Lieutenant H B Rattray of the 45th B I (Rattray’s) Sikhs at the [[Battle of Chakdara]] in 1897. Retrieved 3 August 2014. | *[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18971017.2.187# "The Hero of Chakdara’s Own Story"] ''Los Angeles Herald,'' Volume 27, Number 17, 17 October 1897. Account of Lieutenant H B Rattray of the 45th B I (Rattray’s) Sikhs at the [[Battle of Chakdara]] in 1897. Retrieved 3 August 2014. | ||
*[http://www.empirefaithwar.com/whats-happening/article-entries//45th-rattary-sikhs-taken-from-the-navy-army-illustrated-1902 45th Rattrays Sikhs] empirefaithwar.com. First published in ''The Navy & Army Illustrated'', 1902. | |||
*Watercolour by Charles James Lyall: [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251061/ 1903. Subadur-Major Jinwad Sing Batradur, 45th (Rattray's Sikhs)] Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library. | *Watercolour by Charles James Lyall: [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251061/ 1903. Subadur-Major Jinwad Sing Batradur, 45th (Rattray's Sikhs)] Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library. | ||
Revision as of 06:36, 8 July 2016
Known as 45th Rattrays Sikhs
Chronology
- 1856 raised as The Bengal Military Police Battalion by Capt Thomas Rattray
- 1858 became 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion
- 1861 became Bengal Military Police Battalion
- 1864 became 45th (Rattray's Sikh) Bengal Native Infantry
- 1885 became 45th (Rattray's Sikh) Bengal Infantry
- 1901 became 45th (Rattray's) Sikh Infantry
- 1922 became 3rd/11th Sikh Regiment
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
Regimental histories
- Regimental History of the 45th Rattray's Sikhs Volume 1 1856-1914 by H. St. G. M. McRae, published 1933. Available at the British Library
- Regimental History Of The 45th Rattray’s Sikhs During The Great War And After. 1914-1921 by Lieut-Colonel R. H. Anderson originally published 1925. Available in a reprint edition [1]
- The Regiment spent the period 1914-1916 on India's North-West Frontier, 1916-1918 fighting the Turks in Mesopotamia, and 1919-1921 in Kurdistan
External Links
- 45th Rattrays Sikhs British Empire Website
- 45th Rattrays Sikhs sikhsinthearmy.co.uk
- "The Hero of Chakdara’s Own Story" Los Angeles Herald, Volume 27, Number 17, 17 October 1897. Account of Lieutenant H B Rattray of the 45th B I (Rattray’s) Sikhs at the Battle of Chakdara in 1897. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- 45th Rattrays Sikhs empirefaithwar.com. First published in The Navy & Army Illustrated, 1902.
- Watercolour by Charles James Lyall: 1903. Subadur-Major Jinwad Sing Batradur, 45th (Rattray's Sikhs) Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.
References
- ↑ Regimental History Of The 45th Rattray’s Sikhs During The Great War And After. 1914-1921 by Lieut-Colonel R. H. Anderson reprint edition