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Known as the '''23rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry''' in the Bombay Army<br>
Known as '''123rd Outram's Rifles''' in the Indian Army
== Chronology ==
*'''1820''' formed as 1st Battalion, 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became '''23rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry'''
*'''1841''' became 23rd Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Light)
*'''1889''' became 23rd Regiment (2nd Battalion Rifle Regiment) of Bombay Infantry
*'''1901''' became 23rd Bombay Rifles
*'''1903''' became '''123rd Outram's Rifles'''
*'''1922''' amalgamated with five other regiments, including the 125th Napier's Rifles, to become the 4th Battalion (Outram's) [[6th Rajputana Rifles]]
*'''1945''' became 4th (Outram's) Battalion Rajputana Rifles
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
==Regimental histories==
*See "Historical books online" below.
* Also see [[6th Rajputana Rifles]] for further histories.
==1930s==
Memoirs of Brigadier William Alston's service in the Indian Army are in the collection of the National Army Museum, London, catalogue reference 8005/151. A description of the papers (8005/151/4) Volume III of his memoir, covering the period 1933-1935, indicate in Chapter 18 that he was a Coy Commander at Mhow March 1933. Chapter 19. Left in October 1934 for Wana, South Waziristan; training, building barracks, etc. Late Nov 4-day column to Tiarzha as Bde Intelligence Officer.<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/d38952c4-bfbc-44bf-974c-5c2abd0de8cb 8005/151 Alston Papers] at National Army Museum, London. Discovery catalogue entry discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. </ref>
==Second World War==
4/6th Rajputana Rifles was part of the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 23/9/39 - 8/7/43, and was also attached 1/44 to 6/44. The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was raised at Jhansi on 23 September 1939 from 9th (Jhansi) Brigade.The movements of the Brigade were as follows
:India 23/9/39 - 23/9/39
:At sea 23/9/39 - 3/10/39
:Egypt 3/10/39 - 21/12/40
:Sudan and East Africa 21/12/40 - 13/4/41
:Egypt 13/4/41 - 8/6/41
:Syria 8/6/41 - 10/41
:Egypt and Libya 10/41 - 4/42
:Palestine 4/42 - 10/6/42
:Egypt 10/6/42 - 1/1/43
:Cyrenaica 1/1/43 - 13/3/43
:Tripolitania 13/3/43 - 16/3/43
:Tunisia 16/3/43 - 6/7/43
:…
: Italy 22/11/43 - 8/12/44<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/4-6-rajputana-rifles.52381/#post-613773 4/6 Rajputana Rifles] reply by 'dryan67'. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post
[http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History] (retrieved 11 August 2016)
</ref>
== External links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/123rdoutram.htm 123rd Outram's Rifles] British Empire website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputana_Rifles Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/123rd_Outram%27s_Rifles 123rd Outram's Rifles] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151121035819/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/military-honours/richpal-ram.php Richhpal Ram] [4th Battalion] 6th Rajputana Rifles was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for outstanding acts of courage at Keren [Cheren], Eritrea. February 1941 cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richhpal_Ram Richhpal Ram] Wikipedia
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20170630000007/http://www.cwgc.org/news-events/news/2016/3/remembering-the-battle-of-keren-75-years-on.aspx Remembering the Battle of Keren 75 years on] 29 March 2016 cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.
:[https://www.ww2cemeteries.com/eri-keren-war-cemetery.html Keren War Cemetery & Cremation Memorial] Eritrea. ww2cemeteries.com
===Historical books online===
* ''Record Of The Service Of The 23rd Bombay Light Infantry During The Campaign In Burma, From July 1886 To May 1888'' by W A M Wilson. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279171/page/n0 Archive.org mirror version] from Digital Library of India.
*''Outram’s Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles'' by H. G. Rawlinson 1933. [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3435 Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi<nowiki>]</nowiki> Digital Repository version]. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3435/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:It is also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/outrams-rifles-a-history-of-the-4th-battalion-6th-rajputana-rifles/ ''Outram’s Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles''] by H. G. Rawlinson, originally published 1933. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsyrCuwIXZ online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in International/Military Books/India).
==References==
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