47th Regiment of Sikh Infantry

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Known as 47th Sikhs

Chronology

  • 1901 raised as the 47th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became the 47th Sikh Infantry
  • 1903 became the 47th Sikhs
  • 1922 became the 5th/11th Sikh Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental Histories

  • 47th Sikhs : war records, the Great War, 1914-1918 published c 1921.
47th Sikhs war record : the Great War, 1914-1918 reprint edition published by Picton Publishing Chippenham 1992.
Both editions are available at the British Library.
  • Portrait of Courage : Century of the 5th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, XLVII (D.C.O) Sikhs by Prem K. Khanna & Pushpindar Singh Chopra. Published in New Delhi 2001. Available at the British Library.

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