39th (The Garhwal Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

From FIBIwiki
(Redirected from Garhwal Rifles)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

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, which had been raised earlier in 1901, 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 Vol. 1, 1887-1922 compiled by Brigadier-General John Thorold Evatt. UIN: BLL01006789841 . Available online, see below.
Historical Record of the 39th (18th) Royal Garhwal Rifles Vol. II 1923-1947 compiled by Sir Ralph B. Deedes. Dehra Dun 1962? UIN: BLL01012503809
  • 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. Available in a reprint edition,[1] which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.
  • 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles‬: ‪Register of Casualties, World War II‬ by A Nath ‪Himalayan Institute‬, 1992

External links

"On the frontline, 100 years ago" August 17, 2014 indianexpress.com . Scroll down to "Darwan Singh Negi, 39th Garhwal Rifles, Defence of Festubert" by Hamza Khan.
Darwan Singh Negi Wikipedia.

Historical books online

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 With the Royal Garhwal Rifles in the Great War, from August 1914 to November 1917 by D. H. Drake-Brockman. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.