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Known as '''The 2nd Bombay Grenadiers'''
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Known as '''2nd or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry''' in the Bombay Army<br>
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Known as '''102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers''' in the Indian Army
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
*'''1796'''  raised as the13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry
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*'''1796'''  raised as the 13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry
 
*'''1797''' became the 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
 
*'''1797''' became the 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
 
*'''1798''' became the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
 
*'''1798''' became the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
 
*'''1818''' became the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
 
*'''1818''' became the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became the 2nd or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
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*'''1824''' became the '''2nd or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry'''
 
*'''1876''' became the 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)
 
*'''1876''' became the 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)
*'''1885''' became the '''2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers)'''
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*'''1885''' became the 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers)
*'''1903''' became the 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers
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*'''1903''' became the '''102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers'''
 
*'''1906''' became the 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers
 
*'''1906''' became the 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers
*'''1922''' became the 2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers
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*'''1922''' became the 2nd Battalion [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]
 
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
 
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
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==British Library holdings==
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*''Historical record of the Second, or The Prince of Wales’ Own Grenadier Regiment, Bombay Native Infantry''  compiled by Stanley Edwardes. 1878. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01007253768 .  "Compiled partly from the Record book and other documents in the possession of the regiment, and partly from diaries and memoirs of officers."
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*''2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers, King Edward’s Own, formerly the 102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers. Historical record of the regiment, 1796-1933''. New edition by Major J. T. Gorman 1933. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01001795364
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*''The Grenadiers : a Tradition of Valour'' by Col. R.D. Palsokar. Jabalpur : Grenadiers Regimental Centre, [1980]. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01011840970. For more details see [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]].
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/102ndgrenadiers.htm 102nd Grenadiers] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grenadiers The Grenadiers] Wikipedia
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/102nd_Prince_of_Wales%27s_Own_Grenadiers 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/102ndgrenadiers.htm 102nd Grenadiers] British Empire website<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grenadiers The Grenadiers] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Bombay_Grenadiers 4th Bombay Grenadiers] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.myjacobfamily.com/favershamjacobs/sirgeorgelegrandjacob.htm Major-General Sir George Legrand Jacob KCSI, CB] (www.myjacobfamily.com)  was posted to the 2nd or Grenadier Regiment Bombay Native Infantry (later Prince of Wales's Own) as ensign on 9th June 1821.
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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/462522.html Aden 1901-04: Fighting in the Aden Hinterland. Delineating an international boundary] by Harry Fecitt from Harry’s Sideshows. kaiserscross.com.
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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/422101.html Military Operations in Muscat October 1914 to January 1915] from  [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html    Harry’s Sideshows] by Harry Fecitt (kaiserscross.com)
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*Details of [http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/3213  1930 film without titles shot by Captain Ronald Reed of 2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers (King Edward's Own) of Indian Army].  Records military and off-duty scenes of an Indian Army regiment at the start of Gandhi's campaign of civil disobedience colonialfilm.org.uk
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&lpg=PA75&ots=bMivCc4XVo&pg=PA75 Page 75] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army''  by Gautam Sharma Google Books
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 23:16, 4 December 2019

Known as 2nd or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1796 raised as the 13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1797 became the 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1798 became the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1818 became the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 2nd or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1876 became the 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)
  • 1885 became the 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers)
  • 1903 became the 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers
  • 1906 became the 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers
  • 1922 became the 2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

British Library holdings

  • Historical record of the Second, or The Prince of Wales’ Own Grenadier Regiment, Bombay Native Infantry compiled by Stanley Edwardes. 1878. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007253768 . "Compiled partly from the Record book and other documents in the possession of the regiment, and partly from diaries and memoirs of officers."
  • 2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers, King Edward’s Own, formerly the 102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers. Historical record of the regiment, 1796-1933. New edition by Major J. T. Gorman 1933. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01001795364
  • The Grenadiers : a Tradition of Valour by Col. R.D. Palsokar. Jabalpur : Grenadiers Regimental Centre, [1980]. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01011840970. For more details see 4th Bombay Grenadiers.

External Links