The history of the 3rd battalion, 7th Rajput regiment (Duke of Connaught's own) (Book, 1941) [WorldCat.org] The history of the 3rd battalion, 7th Rajput regiment (Duke of Connaught's own) PS. I've edited the thread title to Rajput from Rajputana
The extra titles were for certain battalions within the regiment based on the pre-1922 Indian Army organization.
Here are the regular regiments of Indian Infantry as of September 3rd, 1939 including the correct titles and stations. Note that the Hyderabad Regiment changed to the Kumaon Regiment post-war. 1st Punjab Regiment Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Khybur Pass 2nd Battalion: Multan 4th Battalion: Disbanded December 1931 3rd Battalion: Jhansi 5th Battalion: Bannu 2nd Punjab Regiment Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Jubbulpore 2nd Battalion: Manzai 3rd Battalion: Lucknow 4th Battalion: Disbanded January 1939 5th Battalion: Singapore, Malaya 3rd Madras Regiment Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Disbanded 1928 2nd Battalion: Disbanded 1926 3rd Battalion: Disbanded 1923 4th Battalion: Disbanded 1923 4th Bombay Grenadiers Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Midnapore (1 Company Saidpur) 2nd Battalion: Bannu 3rd Battalion: Disbanded 1930 4th Battalion: Disbanded 1930 5th Battalion: Disbanded 1923 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Thal (Nickname - Jangi Paltan) 2nd Battalion: Aden (Nickname - Kali Panchwin) 3rd Battalion: Bombay 4th Battalion: Nowshera 5th (Royal) Battalion: Fort Sandeman 6th Rajputana Rifles Regular Stations 1st (Wellesley’s) Battalion: Fayid Camp, Egypt 2nd (Prince of Wales’s Own) Battalion: Kohat 3rd Battalion: Peshawar (two companies at Jamrud Fort) 4th (Outram’s) Battalion: Jhansi 5th (Napier’s) Battalion: Secunderabad 7th Rajput Regiment Regular Stations 1st (Queen Victoria’s Own Light Infantry) Battalion: Kamptee 2nd (Prince Albert Victor’s Own) Battalion: Razmak 3rd (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Battalion: Hyderabad (Sind) 4th Battalion: Fayid, Egypt 5th Battalion: Cannanore 8th Punjab Regiment Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Lucknow 2nd Battalion: Rawalpindi 3rd Battalion: Wana 4th (Prince of Wale’s Own) Battalion: Peshawar 5th (Burma) Battalion: Kohat 9th Jat Regiment Regular Stations 1st (Royal) Battalion (Heroes): Chitral 2nd Battalion (Mooltan Battalion): Chaman, Baluchistan 3rd Battalion: Bara Fort 10th Baluch Regiment Regular Stations 1st (Duchess of Connaught’s Own) Battalion: Jhelum 2nd Battalion: Fyzabad 3rd (Queen Mary’s Own) Battalion: Razmak 4th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Battalion: Fort Sandeman 5th (King George V’s Own) Battalion (Jacob’s Rifles): Ferozepore 11th Sikh Regiment Regular Stations 1st (King George V’s Own) Battalion (Ferozepore Sikhs): Chittagong 2nd Royal Battalion (Ludhiana Sikhs): Nowshera 3rd Battalion (Rattray’s Sikhs): Allahabad 4th Battalion: Landi Kotal 5th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Battalion: Razmak 12th Frontier Force Regiment Regular Stations 1st (Prince of Wales’s Own) Battalion (Sikhs): Bannu 2nd Battalion (Sikhs): Mir Ali 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs): Baroda 4th Battalion (Sikhs): Rawalpindi 5th (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides, Frontier Force) Battalion: Mardan 13th Frontier Force Rifles Regular Stations 1st (Coke’s) Battalion: Thal 2nd Battalion: St. Thomas Mount, Madras (1 Company Trichinopoly) 3rd Battalion: Not formed 1922 4th (Wilde’s) Battalion: Kohat 5th (Vaughn’s) Battalion: Latembur 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde): Secunderabad 14th Punjab Regiment Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Bannu 2nd (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)(Brownlow’s) Battalion: Dacca 3rd Battalion: Ambala 4th Battalion: Peshawar 5th Battalion (Pathans): Penang, Malaya 15th Punjab Regiment Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Alipore 2nd Battalion: Thal 3rd Battalion: Jhansi 4th Battalion: Shagai 16th Punjab Regiment Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Jhelum 2nd Battalion: Delhi 3rd Battalion: Karachi 4th (Bhopal) Battalion: Poona 17th Dogra Regiment Regular Stations 1st (Prince of Wales’s Own) Battalion: Campbell Lines, Jhelum 2nd Battalion: Taiping, Malaya 3rd Battalion: Lahore 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Wana 2nd Battalion: Lansdowne 3rd Battalion: Chaman 19th Hyderabad Regiment Regular Stations 1st (Russel’s) Battalion: Ahmedabad 2nd Battalion (Berar): Peshawar 3rd Battalion: Disbanded 1931 4th Battalion: Singapore, Malaya 5th Battalion: Disbanded 1924 1st Kumaon Rifles: Whitfield Barracks, Hong Kong
Here are the cavalry titles. Not that that this is in order of precedence not in numeric order. The 12th, 15th and 20th Cavalry were training regiments at the start of the war. Governor-General’s Bodyguard Governor’s Bodyguard, Madras Governor’s Bodyguard, Bombay Governor’s Bodyguard, Bengal 16th Light Cavalry 7th Light Cavalry 8th King George V’s Own Light Cavalry Skinner’s Horse (1st Duke of York’s Own Cavalry) 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner’s Horse) 13th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers The Poona Horse (17th Queen Victoria’s Own Cavalry) The Scinde Horse (14th Prince of Wales’s Own Horse) 3rd Cavalry 18th King Edward VII’s Own Cavalry The Guides Cavalry (10th Queen Victoria’s Own Cavalry) Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry (11th Frontier Force) Sam Browne’s Cavalry (12th Frontier Force) Hodson’s Horse (4th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers) Probyn’s Horse (5th King Edward VII’s Own Lancers) 6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers (Watson’s Horse) 20th Lancers 19th King George V’s Own Lancers The Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse) The Central India Horse (21st King George V’s Own Horse) 15th Lancers
We ought to have a new thread with the Indian Regiments names & order of precedence. It'd would be a good reference resource.
Here is the order of precedence within the Indian Infantry as of 1 April 1939: 1st, 2nd Battalions, 1st Punjab Regiment 1st, 10th, 2nd, 3rd Battalions, 2nd Punjab Regiment 4/2nd Punjab Regiment 3/1st Punjab Regiment 1/4th Bombay Grenadiers 5th, 10th Battalions, 1st Punjab Regiment 2/4th Bombay Grenadiers 1/5th Mahratta Light Infantry 1/6th Rajputana Rifles 2nd, 3rd Battalions, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry 1/7th Rajput Regiment 5/2nd Punjab Regiment 1st, 10th Battalions, 5th Punjab Regiment 2/7th Rajput Regiment 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Battalions, 8th Punjab Regiment 10th Battalion, 4th/9th Regiment 10th, 4th Battalions, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry 5/5th Mahratta Light Infantry 1/9th Jat Regiment 3rd, 4th Battalions, 7th Rajput Regiment 2/9th Jat Regiment 2nd, 3rd, 4th Battalions, 6th Rajputana Rifles 1st, 10th Battalions, 10th Baluch Regiment 5/6th Rajputana Rifles 9th Gurkha Rifles 3/9th Jat Regiment 1st Gurkha Rifles 5/7th Rajput Regiment 2/10th Baluch Regiment 10/6th Rajputana Rifles 3/10th Baluch Regiment 1st, 2nd Battalions, 11th Sikh Regiment 2nd Gurkha Rifles 3rd Gurkha Rifles 5th, 10th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Battalions, 12th Frontier Force Regiment 4/10th Baluch Regiment 1st, 2nd, 10th, 4th, 5th, 6th Battalions, 13th Frontier Force Rifles 4th Gurkha Rifles 10/7th Rajput Regiment 1st, 2nd, 10th, 3rd, 4th Battalions, 14th Punjab Regiment 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th Battalions, 15th Punjab Regiment 1st, 2nd Battalions, 16th Punjab Regiment 5th Gurkha Rifles 5/10th Baluch Regiment 3/16th Punjab Regiment 10th, 4th Battalions, 11th Sikh Regiment 1st, 2nd Battalions, 17th Dogra Regiment 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 5/14th Punjab Regiment 6th Gurkha Rifles 3rd, 10th Battalions, 17th Dogra Regiment 7th Gurkha Rifles 5th Gurkha Rifles 3/11th Sikh Regiment 10/16th Punjab Regiment 5/11th Sikh Regiment Escort to the British Envoy (Nepal) 4/16th Punjab Regiment 10th Gurkha Rifles The Kumaon Rifles
Here are the Gurkha Rifles (1939-45 spelling). The stations are for September 3, 1939. 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Dharmsala 2nd Battalion: Razmak 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Fort Sandeman 2nd Battalion: Dehra Dun 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Lucknow 2nd Battalion : Wana 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Damdil 2nd Battalion: Loralai 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Abbottabad 2nd Battalion: Landi Kotal 6th Gurkha Rifles Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Malakand (Detachments at Durgai and Chakdara) 2nd Battalion: Abbottabad 7th Gurkha Rifles Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Shillong 2nd Battalion: Shillong 8th Gurkha Rifles Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Razmak 2nd Battalion: Wana 9th Gurkha Rifles Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Dehra Dun 2nd Battalion: Dehra Dun 10th Gurkha Rifles Regular Stations 1st Battalion: Stewart Lines, Quetta 2nd Battalion: Stewart Lines, Quetta
The Indian Sappers and Miners (later Indian Engineers) companies also had titles: Queen Victoria’s Own Madras Sappers and Miners King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners Here are the regular companies and their stations on September 3rd, 1939: King George V’s Bengal Sappers and Miners Title:1937 Title Change: King George V’s Bengal Sappers and Miners Group, IE – 1941 Battle Honours: North Africa 1940-43, Cassino II, Italy 1943-45, Kampar, Malaya 1941-42, Yenangyaung 1942, Ngakedauk Pass,Jail Hill, Meiktila, Burma 1942-45 HQ: Roorkee HQ, ‘A’ Depot Company, Training Battalion Regular Units – 3 September 1939 1st Field Company: Peshawar, Peshawar Brigade 2nd Field Company: Nowshera, Nowshera Brigade 3rd Field Company: Wana, Wana Brigade 4th Field Company: Roorkee 5th Field Company: Rawalpindi - 2nd (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade 6th Army Troops Company: Roorkee 7th Bridging Train: Roorkee? 8th Army Troops Company: Roorkee 31st Field Troop: Roorkee 35th Field Troop: Roorkee 41st Divisional Headquarters Company: Rawalpindi – 2nd (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade 43rd Divisional Headquarters Company: Roorkee 51st Printing Section: Roorkee Queen Victoria’s Own Madras Sappers and Miners Title:1923 Title Change: Queen Victoria’s Own Madras Sappers and MinersGroup, IE – 1941 Battle Honours: Abyssinia 1941, Iraq 1941, Syria 1941, Mersa Matruh, North Africa 1940-43, Cassino I, Italy 1943-45, Malaya 1941-42, Ngakeydauk Pass, Tamu Road, Bishenpur, Meiktila, Burma 1942-45 HQ: Bangalore HQ, ‘A’ Depot Company, Training Battalion Regular Units – 3 September 1939 9th Field Company: Wana – Wana Brigade 10th Field Company: Razmak – Razmak Brigade 11th Army Troops Company: Bangalore 12th Field Company: Bangalore 13th Field Company: Mandalay, Burma 14th Field Company: Bangalore 15th Field Company: Singapore, Malaya – 12th Indian Infantry Brigade 16th Army Troops Company: Bangalore 32nd Field Troop: Bangalore 44th Divisional Headquarters Company: Bangalore 53rd Printing Section: Bangalore Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners Title: 1923 Title Change: Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners Group, IE - 1941 Battle Honours: Abyssinia 1941, Syria 1941, North Africa 1940-43, Italy 1943-45, Greece 1944-45, Kuantan, Malaya 1941-42, Defence of Sinzweya, Myinmu Bridgehead, Meiktila, Defence of Meiktila, Burma 1942-45 HQ: Kirkee HQ, ‘A’ Depot Company, Training Battalion Regular Units – 3 September 1939 17th Field Company: Kirkee 18th Field Company: Fayid, Egypt – 11th Indian Infantry Brigade 19th Field Company: Wana – Wana Brigade 20th Field Company: Kirkee 21st Field Company: Kirkee 22nd Field Company: Kohat – Kohat District (1 Section – Chitral) 42nd Divisional Headquarters Company: Quetta – Western Independent District 55th Printing Section: Kirkee
The pre-war Indian Artillery Mountain Batteries also had titles: Mountain Batteries On 1 August 1939 the mountain batteries became part of the Indian Regiment of Artillery. Before that they formed part of the Royal Artillery. Each regiment added Indian to its title on 13 October 1942. 1st Royal (Kohat) Mountain Battery, Frontier Force Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Ahirs 2nd (Derajat) Mountain Battery, Frontier Force Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs 3rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery, Frontier Force Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs 4th (Hazara) Mountain Battery, Frontier Force Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs Honour Title Jitra Notes Captured 15 February 1942 Reraised 1946 from 19th (Maymyo) Indian Mountain Battery 5th (Bombay) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Ahirs Honour Title Sittang 1942, Yenangyaung 1942 6th (Jacob’s) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs 7th (Bengal) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs Notes Captured 15 February 1942. Reraised 1946 from 23rd Indian Mountain Battery. 8th (Lahore) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs 9th (Muree) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs 10th (Abbottabad) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs Notes Captured 15 February 1942. Reraised 1946 from 33rd Indian Mountain Battery 11th (Dehra Dun) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs (except Jat Sikhs) 12th (Poonch) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs 13th (Dardoni) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Punjabi Brahmans Notes Suspended Animation 1945 14th (Rajputana) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs 15th (Jhelum) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Punjabi Brahmans 16th (Zhob) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs (except Jat Sikhs) Notes Suspended Animation 1945 17th (Nowshera) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs Notes 1945 to Field Artillery. Disbanded 1946. 18th (Sohan) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs (except Jat Sikhs) Notes Disbanded 1946. 19th (Maymyo) Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Ahirs Notes Retitled 1946 as 4th (Hazara) Indian Mountain Battery 20th Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs (except Jat Sikhs) Notes Disbanded 1946. 21st Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs Notes Captured 15 February 1942. Not reraised. 22nd Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs (except Jat Sikhs) Notes Disbanded 1946. 23rd Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Ahirs Notes Retitled 1946 as 7th (Bengal) Indian Mountain Battery. 24th Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Ahirs Notes Converted 1946 as No. 35 Field Battery, RIA. 25th Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs (except Jat Sikhs Notes Converted 1946 as No. 51 Field Battery, RIA. 26th Mountain Battery Class Composition Punjabi Mohammedans/Sikhs (except Jat Sikhs) Notes Formed from 22nd Mtn Bty at Quetta on 1 September 1939 for 20th Mtn Regt. Disbanded 1946.