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*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | *'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | ||
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| − | ''The History of the 2/6th Rajputana Rifles - Prince of Wales's Own'' by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates]. Published 1936. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001795392 | + | *''The History of the 2/6th Rajputana Rifles - Prince of Wales's Own'' by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates]. Published 1936. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001795392 |
| + | :Also available [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001628048 HathiTrust Digital Library] for those with University access. | ||
| + | *Also see [[6th Rajputana Rifles]] for further histories. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Latest revision as of 01:05, 22 September 2020
Known as the 20th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 120th Rajputana Infantry in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1817 formed as 2nd Battalion 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1824 became 20th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1885 became 20th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
- 1901 became 20th Bombay Infantry
- 1903 became 120th Rajputana Infantry
- 1922 became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 1945 became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Battalion Rajputana Rifles
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
Regimental histories
- The History of the 2/6th Rajputana Rifles - Prince of Wales's Own by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates]. Published 1936. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795392
- Also available HathiTrust Digital Library for those with University access.
- Also see 6th Rajputana Rifles for further histories.
External links
- 120th Rajputana Infantry Wikipedia
- 120th Rajputana Infantry British Empire website
- 6th Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
- Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
- Listen to the 1976 interview with Henry Hampton Rich British officer served with 120th Rajputana Infantry in Mesopotamia, 1915-1916, including siege of Kut-el-Amara; POW in Turkey, 1916-1918. Catalogue number 766. Imperial War Museums.
- Manuscript diary of Lieutenant Charles Mosse, 120th Rajputana Rifles between 16 July 1914 and 28 September 1915 in Mesopotamia, now Iraq. nam.ac.uk.
- Photograph: Captain Charles Mosse, 120th Rajputana Infantry, with his dog in Waziristan, 1920. Includes details of WW1 service in Mesopotamia. Second photograph nam.ac.uk.
