47th Regiment of Sikh Infantry
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.
External Links
- 47th Sikhs British Empire website
- 47th Sikhs Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- 11th Sikh Regiment Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- The 47th (now the 5th) Sikh Regiment Jullundur Brigade Association, now archived.
- Sisley Richard Davidson Second-in-command of the 47th Sikhs with the B.E.F. during the First World War. Also served in Mesopotamia and Palestine. dnw.co.uk, now an archived webpage.