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created 1 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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The Sikh Regiment
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India
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1922.03.01 |
11th
Sikh Regiment
formed by union: |
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1945.10. |
The
Sikh Regiment |
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allocated
to India at partition and independence |
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The
Sikh Regiment (Bharat Rakshak) |
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The
Sikh Regiment, by D.S. Sandhu (Bharat Rakshak Monitor) |
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The
Sikh Regiment (GlobalSecurity.org) |
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The
Sikh Regiment (Gateway to Sikhism) |
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Regimental Centre: |
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Nowshera [1923-1947], Ambala [1947-1952],
Meerut [1952-1956?], Ramgarh, Bihar [1956?-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st Battalion [1922-1981] |
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2nd
Battalion [1922-present] |
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3rd
Battalion [1922-present] |
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4th Battalion [1922-present] |
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5th Battalion [1922-1942] |
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5th Battalion [1960-present] |
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6th Battalion [1940-1946, 1962-present] |
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7th Battalion [1940-1960] |
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7th Battalion [1963-present] |
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8th Battalion [1941-1942, 1963-present] |
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9th Battalion [1941-1942, 1964-19uu] |
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10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1943] |
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11th Battalion [1966-1966] |
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12th Battalion [not formed] |
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13th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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14th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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15th Battalion [not formed] |
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16th Battalion [1948-present] |
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17th Battalion [1948-present] |
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18th Battalion [1948-present] |
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19th Battalion [1966-present] |
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20th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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21st Battalion [1977-present] |
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22nd Battalion [19uu-present] |
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25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1942] |
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26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946] |
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Machine Gun Battalion [1942-1947] |
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Territorials: |
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[none] |
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[combined
battle honours of 14th
King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs, 15th
Ludhiana Sikhs, 45th Rattray's Sikhs,
36th Sikhs, 47th
Duke of Connaught's Own Sikhs, and the 35th
Sikhs, plus:]
The
Great War:1 La
Bassée 1914,
Armentières 1914, Givenchy 1914, Neuve
Chapelle, Ypres 1915,
St Julien, Aubers, Festubert 1915, France and Flanders 1914-15,
Suez Canal, Egypt 1915-16,
Megiddo,
Sharon, Palestine 1918, Tigris
1916, Kut al Amara 1917,
Baghdad, Sharqat,
Mesopotamia 1916-18, Persia
1918, Helles, Krithia,
Suvla,
Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Tsingtao,
NW Frontier 1914 '15 '16-17
Afghanistan
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The Second World War: Agorat,
Keren, Abysssinia
1940-41, Iraq 1941,
Kuantan, Niyor,
Malaya 1941-42, Omars,
Mersa Matruh, Deir El Shein,
North Africa 1940-43, Gothic
Line, Monte Calvo, Coriano, Poggio San Giovanni, San Marino,
Italy 1943-45, Greece
1944-45, Buthidaung,
North Arakan, Kanglatongbi, Nyaungu Bridgehead, Shandatgyi, Kama,
The Irrawaddy, Sittang 1945,
Burma 1942-45
Srinagar,
Tithwal,
Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48, Raja
Picquet-Chand Tekri, OP Hill (NL 1053),
Jammu and Kashmir 1965, Burki, Punjab 1965, Sirmani,
East Pakistan 1971, Defence of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir
1971, Punjab 1971, Parbat Ali, Sindh 1971
1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments
[q.v.]
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Uniform: |
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1924.09.09 |
F.M. HM
King George V |
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5th Battalion |
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F.M.
HRH Arthur William
Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG,
KT, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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Honorary Colonel: |
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1946.09.05 |
Maj-Gen. HH Maharaja Sir Yadavindra Singh
of Patiala, GCIE, GBE, ADC |
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Motto: |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Regimental
Journal: |
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Full Histories:
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[no known published histories] |
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Short Histories:
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A brief history of
the 11th Sikh Regiment. Nowshera : The Military Steam Press,
[ca. 1943] |
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1st Battalion: |
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Talbot, F.E.G. The
14th King George's Own Sikhs; The 1st Battalion (KGO) (Ferozepore
Sikhs), The 11th Sikh Regiment, 1846-1933. London : Royal
United Services Institution, 1937. |
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Bamford, P.G. 1st King
George V's Own Battalion, The Sikh Regiment; The 14th King George's
Own Ferozepore Sikhs, 1846-1946. Aldershot : Gale &
Polden, 1948. |
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Second World
War: |
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Birdwood, F.T. The
Sikh Regiment in the Second World War. Norwich : Jarrold
& Sons, [ca. 1950] |
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Russell-Roberts, Denis. My
own war in Malaya. [s.l. : The Author, ca. 1946]
{an account of 5th Battalion} |
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A diary of the 5th
Bn (DCO), The Sikh Regiment in the Malayan Campaign, 8 December
1941 to 15 February 1942. [s.l. : s.n., ca. 1950] |
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Operational record
of the M.G. Battalion, The Sikh Regiment. [unpublished typescript] |
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