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The '''Calcutta Scottish ''' was a regiment of volunteers of Scottish descent . ==Chronology==*'''1914''' raised in 1914 as an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.*'''1917''', April 1 redesignated 44th Calcutta Scottish*'''1920''', October 1 redesignated The Calcutta Scottish (Auxiliary Force, India)
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040343/http://www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org/document/May_2009_SASSF_Newletter.pdf The Calcutta Scottish] (pdf) ''Volume 145, No. 9, May 2009 Newsletter of the Saint Andrew's Society of San Francisco'', pages 1, 5, 7-9, now an archived webpage. Includes a photograph c 1916. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-r7dMHmBhWoJ:www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org/document/May_2009_SASSF_Newletter.pdf+calcutta+light+horse+members&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjRjHIhF1sUydT8nn9uFjmH3c0i24MBPP062fRsJnyaKPhvXwm34N5V4FXuoimKGvjAJYo2ElaGhQkPExrxhsOhOtijDwIZBeILTOhu3RaKtsfTN2bBlLmbNUGsuhRhYoq6aUe_&sig=AHIEtbRhRi6lsCTWv76KMHZTrXwtyG_67Q html version]
**Four members of the Calcutta Scottish, along with 15 members of the Calcutta Light Horse took part in the raid on Axis shipping in 1943 in Goa. The party sailed a barge into Goa harbour and caused the sinking of three German merchantmen. See [[Calcutta Light Horse]] for more details.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Scottish Calcutta Scottish] Wikipedia. This article is based on the May 2009 newsletter above.*Details of the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80010402 1989 interview with Frank Wildish], Indian Army Officer from 1940. Reel 1 includes joining Calcutta Scottish auxiliary forces (c late 1930s). Currently (Novenber 2013March 2015) not availablle to listen to online, but check at later dates. Imperial War Museums*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070926215736/http://www.btinternet.com/~james.mckay/commonwr.htm Summary of the Commonwealth Scottish Regiments] by Kim Stacy, c 2001. Information by the Scottish Military Historical Society, now an archived webpage.
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