2nd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
Known as 95th Russell's Infantry
Chronology
- 1813 raised as 2nd Battalion of Sir Henry Russell's Brigade
- 1826 became 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Nizam's Army
- 1854 became 2nd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
- 1903 became 95th Russell's Infantry
- 1922 became 10th (Training) Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment
- 1945 became the Kumaon Regiment
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External links
- 95th Russell's Infantry British Empire website
- 95th Russell's Infantry Wikipedia
- 19th Hyderabad Regiment Wikipedia
- Kumaon Regiment Wikipedia
- Page 272 Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army by Gautam Sharma Google Books
- Military Operations in Muscat October 1914 to January 1915 from Harry’s Sideshows by Harry Fecitt (kaiserscross.com)
Historical books online
- Our Last Years in India by Mrs John B Speid 1862. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. The author’s husband was in command of the 2nd Regiment of the Hyderabad Contingent Infantry. She left England 27 October 1858 and the book appears to covers the period to 19 May 1861 (although the final date given is 19 May 1859). She also includes an account of the Mutiny at Aurangabad in 1857.