123rd Outram's Rifles

Known as the 23rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 123rd Outram's Rifles in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1820 formed as 1st Battalion, 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
• 1824 became 23rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
• 1841 became 23rd Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Light)
• 1889 became 23rd Regiment (2nd Battalion Rifle Regiment) of Bombay Infantry
• 1901 became 23rd Bombay Rifles
• 1903 became 123rd Outram's Rifles
• 1922 amalgamated with five other regiments, including the 125th Napier's Rifles, to become the 4th Battalion (Outram's) 6th Rajputana Rifles
• 1945 became 4th (Outram's) Battalion Rajputana Rifles
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Second World War

4/6th Rajputana Rifles was part of the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 23/9/39 - 8/7/43, and was also attached 1/44 to 6/44. The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was raised at Jhansi on 23 September 1939 from 9th (Jhansi) Brigade.The movements of the Brigade were as follows

India 23/9/39 - 23/9/39

At sea 23/9/39 - 3/10/39

Egypt 3/10/39 - 21/12/40

Sudan and East Africa 21/12/40 - 13/4/41

Egypt 13/4/41 - 8/6/41

Syria 8/6/41 - 10/41

Egypt and Libya 10/41 - 4/42

Palestine 4/42 - 10/6/42

Egypt 10/6/42 - 1/1/43

Cyrenaica 1/1/43 - 13/3/43

Tripolitania 13/3/43 - 16/3/43

Tunisia 16/3/43 - 6/7/43

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Italy 22/11/43 - 8/12/44

External Links

• 123rd Outram's Rifles British Empire website
  
• Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
  
• 123rd Outram's Rifles Wikipedia
• 6th Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia

Historical books online

• Record Of The Service Of The 23rd Bombay Light Infantry During The Campaign In Burma, From July 1886 To May 1888 by W A M Wilson. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.