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The Infantry of the British Indian Army 1930 – 1939

1. 1st Regiment; i. 1st ; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 5th Battalion. 2. 2nd ; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 4th Battalion; v. 5th Battalion. 3. 3rd ; i. 11th (Madras) Battalion, Territorial Force; ii. 12th (Malabar) Battalion, Territorial Force; iii. 13th (Malabar) Battalion, Territorial Force; iv. 14th (Coorg) Battalion, Territorial Force. 4. 4th Bombay Grenadiers; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion. 5. 5th Mahratta ; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 4th Battalion; v. 5th Royal Battalion. 6. 6th Rifles; i. 1st Battalion (Wellesley’s); ii. 2nd Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own); iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 4th Battalion (Outram’s); v. 5th Battalion (Napier’s).

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7. 7th Regiment; i. 1st Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Own Light Infantry); ii. 2nd Battalion (Prince Albert Victor’s); iii. 3rd Battalion (Duke of Connaught’s Own); iv. 4th Battalion; v. 5th Battalion. 8. 8th Punjab Regiment; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 4th Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own); v. 5th Battalion (Burma). 9. 9th ; i. 1st Royal Battalion; ii. 2nd (Mooltan) Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion. 10. ; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion (Queen Mary’s Own); iv. 4th Battalion (Duke of Connaught’s Own); v. 5th Battalion (King George’s Own). 11. 11th ; i. 1st Battalion (King George’s Own) (Ferozepore ); ii. 2nd Battalion (Ludhiana Sikhs); iii. 3rd Battalion (Rattray’s Sikhs); iv. 4th Battalion; v. 5th Battalion (Duke of Connaught’s Own). 12. 12th ; i. 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own) (Sikhs); ii. 2nd Battalion (Sikhs); iii. 3rd Battalion (Sikhs); iv. 4th Battalion (Sikhs); v. 5th Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Own ).

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13. 13th Frontier Force Rifles; i. 1st Battalion (Coke’s); ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 4th Battalion (Wilde’s); iv. 5th Battalion; v. 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde). 14. 14th Punjab Regiment; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion (Duke of Cambridge’s); iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 4th Battalion; v. 5th Battalion (Pathans). 15. ; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 4th Battalion. 16. ; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 4th Battalion. 17. 17th ; i. 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own); ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion. 18. 18th Royal ; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion. 19. 19th Hyderabad Regiment; i. 1st Battalion (Russell’s); ii. 2nd Battalion (Berer); iii. 4th Battalion.

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20. 20th Burma Rifles1; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; iii. 3rd Battalion; iv. 4th Battalion.

Pre-War Regiments of the Rifles in the Indian Army

21. 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment); i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion. 22. 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion. 23. 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion. 24. 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion; 25. 5th (Frontier Force); i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion. 26. 6th Gurkha Rifles; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion. 27. 7th Gurkha Rifles; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion. 28. 8th Gurkha Rifles; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion.

1 In April 1937, Burma was detached from British to become a separate state within the British Empire. As such, the 20th Burma Rifles left the establishment of the Indian Army to become simply The Burma Rifles within the Burma Army. The 4th Battalion was reconstituted as an operational battalion from being the Depot Battalion of the regiment. ©www.BritishMilitaryHistory.co.uk Page 4

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29. 9th Gurkha Rifles; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion. 30. 10th Gurkha Rifles; i. 1st Battalion; ii. 2nd Battalion.

Additional Indian Regiments Raised during the Second

31. The Indian Parachute Regiment, 32. The Regiment, 33. The Regiment, 34. The , 35. The Regiment, 36. 1st Afridi Battalion, 37. The Regiment, 38. The Chamar Regiment, 39. 1st Lingayat Battalion, 40. 1st Coorg Battalion.

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