11th Sikh Regiment

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11th Sikhs on the March through Waziristan 1937

Chronology

  • 1922 formed from amalgamation of six Sikh regiments
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition becoming the Sikh Regiment.

Regimental history

The Sikh Regiment in the Second World War by Colonel F. T. Birdwood c 1950. 462 pages.

The Regiment had nine Infantry Battalions and the Machine Gun Battalion in the field, plus various training and administrative units, which served in almost every theatre of war between 1939 and 1945.

Available in a reprint edition,[1] which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.

External links

Historical books online

The Sikh Regiment in the Second World War by Colonel F. T. Birdwood c 1950 is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in World War II/Military Books/India).

References

  1. Sikh Regiment in the Second World War by Colonel F. T. Birdwood c 1950. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.