39th (The Garhwal Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

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Known as The Garhwal Rifles

History

  • 1887 raised as the 2nd Battalion, 3rd (Kumaon) Gurkha Regiment
  • 1891 became 39th (The Garhwal Rifles) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 amalgamated with the 49th (Garhwal Rifles) Regiment of Bengal Infantry to become 1st Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles
  • 1921 became 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  • 1922 became 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental Histories

The following histories are available at the British Library

  • Historical Record of the 39th Royal Garhwál Rifles by John Thorold Evatt 1923
  • Historical Record of the 39th (18th) Royal Garhwal Rifles.
    • Volume I 1882-1922‬ by H.C. James. "‪For private circulation‬", Dehra Dun 1923
    • Volume II 1923-1947 compiled by Sir Ralph B. Deedes. Dehra Dun 1962?
  • With The Royal Garhwal Rifles In The Great War, From August 1914 To November 1917 by D. H. Drake-Brockman CMG 1933. This book is the memoir of an officer serving with the 2nd Battalion on the western front, in which the regiment was the first regular Indian army force to see service in the trenches, fighting at Aubers RIdge, Festubert and Loos. [1]
  • 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles‬: ‪Register of Casualties, World War II‬ by A Nath ‪Himalayan Institute‬, 1992

External Links

  • 39th Garhwal Rifles Wikipedia
  • 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles Wikipedia
  • The Garhwal Rifles Wikipedia
  • 39th Garhwal Rifles britishempire.co.uk
  • Garhwal Rifles in WWI uttarakhand.prayaga.org, now an archived webpage
  • Garhwal Rifles indiapicks.com
  • Garhwal Rifles oocities.org
  • John Eric Colenso: British Officer in the Gurkha Rifles by Ann Collins 24th August 2014 html version, pdf. colensostudy.id.au. He was appointed to the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in 1907 and seconded to the Burma Military Police (BMP) in1909. During WW1 was with the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in Egypt and then on the Western Front with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles, and then with the 2nd/2nd Gurkhas. Back in India, he took part in the 3rd Afghan War with the 2/7th Gurkhas and was then with the BMP 1919- c 1922, when he was transferred to the 3rd Gurkha Rifles and took part in the actions in Waziristan 1922-1923. He retired in 1932.

References

  1. ↑ A reprint edition is available from Naval and Military Press With The Royal Garhwal Rifles In The Great War, From August 1914 To November 1917 by D. H. Drake-Brockman CMG 1933

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