4th Bombay Grenadiers [India]

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Page created 1 July 2000. Corrected and updated 13.12.2005

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	The Grenadiers formerly 4th Bombay Grenadiers
	India

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	1922.03.01	4th Bombay Grenadiers formed by union:
		1st Battalion, formed by redesignation of *101st Grenadiers* 2nd Battalion, formed by redesignation of *102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers* 3rd Battalion, formed by redesignation of *108th Infantry* 4thBattalion, formed by redesignation of *109th Infantry* 5th Battalion, formed by redesignation of *112th Infantry* 10th (Training) Battalion, formed by redesignation of 113th Infantry
	1945	The Indian Grenadiers
	1947	allocated to India at partition and independence
	1950	The Grenadiers


		The Grenadiers, regimental web site.
		The Grenadiers Regiment (Bharat Rakshak)
		The Grenadiers Regiment (GlobalSecurity.org)


	*Regimental Centre:*
		Ajmer [1923-1946], Nasirabad [1946-1948?], Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh [1948?-present]

	*Regulars:*
		1st Battalion [1922-1951]
		2nd Battalion [1922-present]
		3rd Battalion [1922-1930, 1940-present]
		4th Battalion (King Edward's Own) [1922-1923, 1941-present]
		5th Battalion [1922-1923, 1941-1946, 1960-present]
		6th Battalion [1942-1943, 1962-present]
		7th Battalion [1949-1979]
		8th Battalion [1949-1949, 1963-present]
		9th (Mewar) Battalion [1954-present]
		10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1942]
		11th Battalion [1963-present]
		12th Battalion [1964-present]
		13th Battalion (Gnaga Jaisalmer) [1955-present]
		14th Battalion [1943-1946, 1965-present]
		15th Battalion [1966-present]
		16th Battalion [1966-present]
		17th Battalion [1966-present]
		18th Battalion [1976-present]
		19th Battalion [1979-present]
		20th Battalion [19uu-present]
		21st Battalion [19uu-present]
		22nd Battalion [19uu-present]
		25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1951]
		26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946?]
		27th Garrison Battalion [1942-1942]

	*Territorials:*
		11th (Territorial) Battalion [1922-1942]
		118th Infantry Battalion (TA) Grenadiers
		123rd Infantry Battalion (TA) Grenadiers
		12th Rashtriya Rifles
		29th Rashtriya Rifles


	[combined battle honours of 101st Grenadiers, 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers, 108th Infantry, 109th Infantry, 112th Infantry, and the 113th Infantry, plus:] The Great War:¹ Suez Canal, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza, Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1917-18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1915-18, Aden, E Africa 1914-16 Afghanistan 1919¹ The Second World War: North Africa 1940-43, Greece 1944-45, Kohima, Naga Village, Kalewa, Taungtha, Capture of Meiktila, Defence of Meiktila, Defence of Meiktila, Fort Dufferin, Pyabwe, Pegu 1945, Burma 1942-45 Jammu and Kashmir 1965, Asal Uttar, Punjab 1965, Rajasthan 1965, Charki, Jarpal, Punjab 1971 1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.]

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		Major Hoshiar Singh, PVC, 1971, by Ed Haynes.


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