29,535
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
*2nd (Nizam’s Own) Hyderabad Imperial Service Lancers: Indian Government Service March 1942 - December 1945. Served in Syria from January to December 1945.
*Jodhpur Sardar Rissala. Title Change to Jodhpur Lancers – 1943. Indian Government Service 8 January 1940 - August 1945. Embarked for Persia in Persia March 1944 and served there until the end of the war.<ref> dryan67 [Ryan, David]. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-states-forces-cavalry-regiments.60733/ Indian States Forces cavalry regiments] ''WW2Forum'' 13 March 2016. 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>
==Regimental Histories==
*''A Legendary Force, 1st Patiala : 300 years of 15 Punjab (Patiala)'' by Anil Shorey. Published New Delhi c 2005 Available at the [[British Library]].
:This regiment was the first battalion of the state forces of the Maharaja of Patiala, formed in 1705. In May 1900, the battalion was re-designated as First Patiala Imperial Service Infantry (Rajindra Sikh).
== External Links ==
*[http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=2244 Image: Indian officer’s interwar helmet badge for the machine gun section of the Jodphur Lancers]. Scroll down. ''Machine Gun Memorabilia – Volume 4, Number 1'' sadefensejournal.com
*[http://www.michiganwarstudiesreview.com/2010/20100706.asp "A Close View of the Disaster at the Sittang Bridge" [Burma 1942<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Major E.R.B. Hudson of Malerkotla Field Company, an affiliated unit of the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners. michiganwarstudiesreview.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160417232528/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/rgt-punjab.htm Punjab Regiment] globalsecurity.org. Includes 15 Punjab (First Patiala).
===Historical books online===
*''A History of The Imperial Service Troops of Native States with a Short Sketch of Events in Each State'' compiled by Brigr.-General Stuart Beatson 1903 Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, or as a [http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278494 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278494 Archive.org version].
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=ior/l/mil/17/6/78 ''History of the 15th Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918''] London: HMSO, 1920. Includes maps IOR/L/MIL/17/6/78 Digitised Manuscripts from the India Office Records, British Library
**The Brigade seems to have spent the War in Egypt and Palestine. The constituent regiments include the
