Calcutta Scottish

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The Calcutta Scottish was a regiment of volunteers of Scottish descent raised in 1914 as an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.

External links

  • 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. Includes a photograph c 1916. 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.