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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/123rd_Outram%27s_Rifles 123rd Outram's Rifles] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/123rd_Outram%27s_Rifles 123rd Outram's Rifles] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151121035819/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/military-honours/richpal-ram.php Richhpal Ram] [4th Battalion] 6th Rajputana Rifles was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for outstanding acts of courage at Keren [Cheren], Eritrea. February 1941 cwgc.org, now an archived webpage. | |||
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richhpal_Ram Richhpal Ram] Wikipedia | |||
:[http://www.cwgc.org/news-events/news/2016/3/remembering-the-battle-of-keren-75-years-on.aspx Remembering the Battle of Keren 75 years on] 29 March 2016 cwgc.org | |||
:[http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/other_cemeteries_ext/keren_war_cemetery.htm Keren War Cemetery & Cremation Memorial] ww1cemeteries.com | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http:// | *[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279171 ''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. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 01:38, 22 October 2016
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
- …
- Italy 22/11/43 - 8/12/44[1]
External Links
- 123rd Outram's Rifles British Empire website
- Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
- 123rd Outram's Rifles Wikipedia
- 6th Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
- Richhpal Ram [4th Battalion] 6th Rajputana Rifles was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for outstanding acts of courage at Keren [Cheren], Eritrea. February 1941 cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.
- Richhpal Ram Wikipedia
- Remembering the Battle of Keren 75 years on 29 March 2016 cwgc.org
- Keren War Cemetery & Cremation Memorial ww1cemeteries.com
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.
References
- ↑ WW2Talk Forum thread 4/6 Rajputana Rifles reply by 'dryan67'. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post Indian Army: An Organisational History (retrieved 11 August 2016)