14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry

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Known as the 14th Sikhs

Chronology

  • 1846 raised as Regiment of Ferozepore after the 1st Sikh War
  • 1861 became 14th Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 14th (The Ferozepore) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Ferozepore Sikhs)
  • 1901 became 14th (Ferozepore) Sikh Infantry
  • 1903 became 14th Ferozepore Sikhs
  • 1906 became 14th Prince of Wales's Own Ferozepore Sikhs
  • 1910 became 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs
  • 1922 became 1st/11th Sikh Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

British Library holdings

  • The 14th, King George's Own Sikhs : the 1st Battalion (K.G.O.) (Ferozepore Sikhs), the 11th Sikh Regiment, 1846-1933 by Colonel F.E.G. Talbot, published 1937
  • 1st King George V's Own Battalion, the Sikh Regiment. The 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs. 1846-1946 by Lieutenant-General P. G. Bamford, published 1948

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