Indian Army 1902 v.1.

0 March 17, 2002 Graham Watson In addition to the British Army stationed in India, Great Britain maintained a very large locally recruited force in India. Generally referred to as the Indian Army, its was made up of three armies which brought together as a single army in the reforms which began in 1903. Until that year, the armies were The Bengal Army, The Madras Army and The Bombay Army. In addition, there was a more recent creation-The Punjab Frontier Force. The armies were funded and administered by the government of India, in Delhi. Each army was made up of regiments of cavalry and infantry, supported by a limited number of artillery and engineer units. Each regiment was made up of locally recruited soldiers and British officers. The regiments were scattered in small garrisons around the Indian sub-continent, and were not formed into permanent brigades and divisions until after 1903. The regiments were allotted to four commands: Punjab Command [HQ at Murree], Bengal Command [HQ at Niani Tal], Madras Command [HQ at Ootacamund] and the Bombay Command [HQ at Poona]. As a result of the war in South Africa a small number of Indian regiments had replaced British units in a variety of colonial garrisons in the Far East. These units are listed separately in the following outline of the deployment of the Indian Army in 1902. The following lists should be used in conjunction with the listing of British Army units in 1902 to obtain a more complete picture of British military strength one hundred years ago. THE BENGAL ARMY Governor-Generals Bodyguard, Dehra Dun 1st Bengal Lancers, Lucknow 2nd Bengal Lancers, Nowshera 3rd Bengal Cavalry, Meerut 4th Bengal Lancers, Loralei 5th Bengal Lancers, Dera Ismail Khan 6th Bengal Cavalry, Nowgong 7th Bengal Cavalry, Fyzabad 8th Bengal Lancers, Bareilly 9th Bengal Lancers, Jullundur 10th Bengal Lancers, Cawnpore 11th Bengal Lancers, Meean Meer 12th Bengal Cavalry, Mooltan

13th Bengal Lancers, Saugor 14th Bengal Lancers, Allahabad 15th Bengal Lancers, Ferozepore 16th Bengal Lancers, Jhelum 17th Bengal Lancers, Rawalpindi 18th Bengal Lancers, Sialkot 19th Bengal Lancers, Umballa Gujerat Native Mountain Battery, Bannu Lahore Native Mountain Battery, Dera Ismail Khan Abbotabad Native Mountain Battery, Abbotabad Bengal Sappers & Miners, Roorkee 1st Brahman Infantry, Allahabad 2nd Rajput Regiment, Barrackpore 3rd Brahman Infantry, Manipur 4th Rajput Regiment, Agra 5th Bengal Light Infantry, Silchar 6th Jat Light Infantry, Meerut 7th Rajput Regiment, Lucknow 8th Rajput Regiment, Fort William 11th Rajput Regiment, Cawnpore 12th Regiment, Benares 13th Regiment, Bareilly 14th Sikh Regiment, Mooltan 15th Sikh Regiment, Peshawar 16th Rajput Regiment, Ranchi 17th Musalman Rajput Regiment, Wana 19th Punjab Infantry, Mooltan

20th Regiment, Meean Meer 22nd Regiment, Rawalpindi 23rd Punjab Pioneers, Meean Meer 24th Punjab Regiment, Jhelum 25th Regiment, Peshawar 26th Regiment, Peshawar 27th Regiment, Dera Ismail Khan 28th Regiment, Delhi 29th Regiment, Dera Ismail Khan 31st Regiment, Rawalpindi 32nd Punjab Pioneers, Jhelum 33rd Punjab Infantry, Jubbulpore 34th Punjab Pioneers, Umballa 35th Sikh Regiment, Nowshera 36th Sikh Regiment, Malakand 37th Dogra Regiment, Chakdara 38th Dogra Regiment, Ferozepore 1st Bn 39th Garwhal Rifles, Lansdowne 2nd Bn 39th Garwhal Rifles, Lansdowne 40th Reginent, Jhansi 41st Dogra Regiment, Jullundur 45th Sikh Regiment, Dera Ismail Khan 46th Regiment, Sialkot 47th Sikh Regiment, Sialkot 48th Bengal Pioneers, Lucknow 1st Bn 1st Gurkha Rifles, Dharmsala 2nd Bn 1st Gurkha Rifles, Dharmsala

1st Bn 2nd Gurkha Rifles, Dehra Dun 2nd Bn 2nd Gurkha Rifles, Kela Drosh 1st Bn 3rd Gurkha Rifles, Almora 2nd Bn 3rd Gurkha Rifles, Lansdowne 1st Bn 4th Gurkha Rifles, Bakloh 2nd Bn 4th Gurkha Rifles, Bakloh 1st Bn 5th Gurkha Rifles, Abbotabad 2nd Bn 5th Gurkha Rifles, Abbotabad 9th Gurkha Rifles, Lansdowne 42nd Gurkha Rifles, Abbotabad 43rd Gurkha Rifles, Shillong 44th Gurkha Rifles, Kohima

Punjab Frontier Force

1st Punjab Cavalry, Bannu 2nd Punjab Cavalry, Peshawar 3rd Punjab Cavalry, Kohat 4th Punjab Cavalry, Kohat Corps of Guides Cavalry, Mardan Corps of Guides Infantry, Mardan Kohat Mountain Battery, Kohat Derajay Mountain Battery, Datta Khel Peshawar Mountain Battery, Abbotabad Hazara Mountain Battery, Malakand Frontier Garrison Battery, Kohat 1st Sikh Infantry, Kohat 2nd Sikh Infantry, Kohat 3rd Sikh Infantry, Bannu

4th Sikh Infantry, Bannu 1st Punjab Infantry, Dera Ismail Khan 2nd Punjab Infantry, Datta Khel 4th Punjab Infantry, Kohat 5th Punjab Infantry, Miran Shah 6th Punjab Infantry, Samana

THE MADRAS ARMY

Governors Bodyguard, Madras

1st Madras Lancers, Bellary 2nd Madras Lancers, Secunderabad 3rd Madras Lancers, Bangalore Madras Sappers & Miners, Bangalore 1st Madras Infantry, Belgaum 2nd Madras Infantry, Fyzabad 4th Madras Pioneers, Bangalore 5th Madras Infantry, Secunderabad 6th Madras Infantry, Nowgong 7th Madras Infantry, Saugor 9th Madras Infantry, Bangalore 11th Coorg Infantry, Mercara 14th Madras Infantry, Bellary 15th Madras Infantry, Belgaum 16th Madras Infantry, Madras 20th Madras Infantry, Raipur 21st Madras Pioneers, Secunderabad 22nd Madras Infantry, Kemptee

24th Madras Infantry, Secunderabad 27th Madras Infantry, Cananore 28th Madras Infantry, Secunderabad 1st Bn Moplah Rifles, Trinchinopoly 2nd Bn Moplah Rifles, St Thomas Mount

THE BOMBAY ARMY Governors Bodyguard, Ganesh-Khind 1st Bombay Lancers, Poona 2nd Bombay Lancers, Deesa 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, Sirur 4th Bombay Cavalry, Neemuch 5th Bombay Cavalry, Jacobabad 6th Bombay Cavalry, Fort Sandeman 7th Bombay Cavalry, Quetta Quetta Native Mountain Battery, Fort Lockhart Bombay Sappers & Miners, Kirkee 2nd Bombay Grenadiers, Mhow 3rd Bombay Light Infantry, Ahmednagar 4th Bombay Rifles, Fort Sandeman 5th Bombay Light Infantry, Bhuj 7th Bombay Pioneers, Kirkee 8th Bombay Infantry, Dinapore 9th Bombay Infantry, Ahmedabad 12th Bombay Infantry, Deesa 13th Bombay Infantry, Quetta 16th Bombay Infantry, Poona

17th Bombay Infantry, Poona 19th Bombay Infantry, Malakand 20th Bombay Infantry, Alipore 21st Bombay Infantry, Bombay 22nd Bombay Infantry, Mhow 23rd Bombay Rifles, Bombay 24th Baluchistan Infantry, Quetta 25th Bombay Rifles, Nasirabad 26th Baluchistan Infantry, Loralai 27th Baluchistan Light Infantry, Karachi 28th Bombay Pioneers, Quetta 29th Baluchistan Infantry, Chaman 30th Baluchistan Infantry, Hyderabad

Hyderabad Contingent
1st Lancers, Bolarum 2nd Lancers, Hingoli 3rd Lancers, Mominabad 4th Lancers, Aurangabad 1 Field Battery, Hingoli 2 Field Battery, Ellichpur 3 Field Battery, Bolarum 4 Field Battery, Aurangabad 1st Infantry, Jalna 2nd Infantry, Bolarum 3rd Infantry, Aurangabad 4th Infantry, Ellichpur 5th Infantry, Raichur

6th Infantry, Hingoli Local corps 1st Regiment Central India Horse, Agar Malwa 2nd Regiment Central India Horse, Goona Malwa Bhil Corps, Sirdarpore Bhopal Battalion, Schore Deoli Irregular Force, Deoli Erinpura Irregular Force, Erinpura Metwar Bhil Corps, Kherwara Merwara Battalion, Ajmeer

INDIAN UNITS OVERSEAS China

10th Jat Regiment 21st Punjab Regiment 30th Punjab Regiment 10th Bombay Light Infantry 14th Bombay Light Infantry

Hong Kong
33rd Burma Infantry

Singapore
3rd Palamcotta Light Infantry 13th Madras Infantry

Burma

Murree Native Mountain Battery

Jullunder Native Mountain Battery 12th Burma Infantry 23rd Madras Infantry 29th Burma Infantry 30th Burma Infantry 31st Burma Infantry 32nd Burma Infantry

8th Gurkha Rifles 10th Gurkha Rifles Ceylon

26th Madras Infantry

Mauritius
18th Muslim Rajputs 19th Madras Infantry

Aden
Aden Troop, Bombay Cavalry 1st Bombay Grenadiers