REGIMENTS and CORPS
of the INDIAN ARMY
1918

Bangladesh Burma India Pakistan

See also in South Asia:

Alphabetic Index of
Regiments and Corps

Numeric Index of
Regiments and Corps

Index of Bangladesh
Formations

Index of
Burma Formations

Index of Indian
Formations

Index of Pakistan
Formations

Lists of Regular Army Regiments and Corps:

Introduction Bengal Army 1859 Madras Army 1859 Bombay Army 1859
Bengal Army 1902 Madras Army 1902 Bombay Army 1902
Indian Army 1918 Indian Army 1947 Indian Army 1990 Pakistan Army 1999

Lists of State, Territorial, and Auxiliary Regiments and Corps:

IDF 1918

How to find information about individuals who served in these regiments and corps

Units are listed in Army List order at the end of the First World War and on the eve of the reorganisation of 1922 which united battalions into regimental families similar to the British Army scheme of 1881. The Army List order followed a simple expedient of renumbering the Bengal, Madras and Bombay armies in one numerical sequence in 1903. Precedence on parade was a more complicated matter, determined in part by date of raising. The 1903 numbering was achieved by preserving the Bengal numbers, adding 50 to the old Punjab Frontier Force numbers, 60 to the Madras numbers, and 100 to the Bombay numbers. This left some gaps in the numbering: there were no 50th, 60th, and 100th regiments of infantry (but some numbering gaps were filled during the First World War). In 1922 most of the cavalry were amalgamated in pairs. The new regimental numbers are shown in the right margin. Also in 1922 all the infantry battalions were grouped into regimental families of about five battalions, and four regiments were removed from the infantry of the line to create corps of pioneers. All the Pioneers were disbanded in 1932. New 1922 battalion designations are shown in the right margin (e.g. 1/1 Punjab means 1st Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment). Of the twenty new resulting regiments, the 20th transferred to Burma in 1937 when that country separated from India. For the line-up of the remaining 1922 cavalry and infantry see the 1947 Roll of Regiments.

	raised	1922 reorg.
Cavalry
Governor General's Bodyguard
Governor's Bodyguard, Madras
Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay
Governor's Bodyguard, Bengal	1912
1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)		1st
2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)		2nd
3rd Skinner's Horse		1st
4th Cavalry		2nd
5th Cavalry		3rd
6th King Edward's Own Cavalry		18th
7th Hariana Lancers		18th
8th Cavalry		3rd
9th Hodson's Horse		4th
10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse)		4th
11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)		5th
12th Cavalry		5th
13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse)		6th
14th Murray's Jat Lancers		20th
15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)		20th
16th Cavalry		6th
17th Cavalry		15th
18th King George's Own Lancers		19th
19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)		19th
20th Deccan Horse		9th
21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)		11th
22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry (Frontier Force)		12th
23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)		11th
25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)		12th
26th King George's Own Light Cavalry		8th
27th Light Cavalry		16th
28th Light Cavalry		7th
29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)		9th
30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)		8th
31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers		13th
32nd Lancers		13th
33rd The Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry		17th
34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse		17th
35th Scinde Horse		14th
36th Jacob's Horse		14th
37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)		15th
38th King George's Own Central India Horse		21st
39th King George's Own Central India Horse		21st
40th Cavalry	1918	disb 1921
41st Cavalry	1918	disb 1921
42nd Cavalry	1918	disb 1921
43rd Cavalry	1918	disb 1919
44th Cavalry	1918	disb 1919
45th Cavalry	1918	disb 1919
46th Cavalry	1918	disb 1919

Mountain Artillery

1st King George's Own Sappers and Miners
2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners
3rd Sappers and Miners

Infantry
1st Brahmans		4/1 Punjab
2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry		1/7 Rajput
3rd Brahmans		disb 1922
4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs		2/7 Rajput
5th Light Infantry		disb 1922
6th Jat Light Infantry		1/9 Jat
7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs		3/7 Rajput
8th Rajputs		4/7 Rajput
9th Bhopal Infantry		4/16 Punjab
10th Jats		3/9 Jat
11th Rajputs		5/7 Rajput
12th Pioneers (Khelat-i-Gilzie Regiment)		2/2 Bombay Pioneers
13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regt)		10/6 Rajputana Rif
14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs		1/11 Sikh
15th Ludhiana Sikhs		2/11 Sikh
16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)		10/7 Rajput
17th The Loyal Regiment		disb 1921
18th Infantry		4/9 Jat
19th Punjabis		1/14 Punjab
20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjab Infantry		2/14 Punjab
21st Punjabis		10/14 Punjab
22th Punjabis		3/14 Punjab
23rd Sikh Pioneers		1/3 Sikh Pioneers
24th Punjabis		4/14 Punjab
25th Punjabis		1/15 Punjab
26th Punjabis		2/15 Punjab
27th Punjabis		3/15 Punjab
28th Punjabis		4/15 Punjab
29th Punjabis		10/15 Punjab
30th Punjabis		1/16 Punjab
31st Punjabis		2/16 Punjab
32nd Sikh Pioneers		2/3 Sikh Pioneers
33rd Punjabis		3/16 Punjab
34th Sikh Pioneers		3/3 Sikh Pioneers
35th Sikhs		10/11 Sikh
36th Sikhs		4/11 Sikh
37th Dogras	1887	1/17 Dogra
38th Dogras		2/17 Dogra
39th Garhwal Rifles		1/18 R Garhwal Rif
40th Pathans		5/14 Punjab
41st Dogras		3/17 Dogra
42nd Deoli Regiment		disb 1921
43rd Erinpura Regiment		disb 1921
44th Mharwara Regiment		disb 1921
45th Rattray's Sikhs		3/11 Sikh
46th Punjabis		10/16 Punjab
47th Sikhs		5/11 Sikh
48th Pioneers		4/2 Bombay Pioneers
49th Bengalis	1917	disb 1920
50th Kumaon Rifles	1917	1 Kumaon Rif/ 19 Hyderabad
51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)		1/12 Frontier Force
52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)		2/12 Frontier Force
53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)		3/12 Frontier Force
54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)		4/12 Frontier Force
Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) Infantry		5/12 Frontier Force
55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)		1/13 FF Rifles
56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)		2/13 FF Rifles
57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)		4/13 FF Rifles
58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)		5/13 FF Rifles
59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)		6/13 FF Rifles
61st King George's Own Pioneers		1/1 Madras Pioneers
62nd Punjabis		1/1 Punjab
63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry		disb 1922
64th Pioneers		2/1 Madras Pioneers
66th Punjabis		2/1 Punjab
67th Punjabis		1/2 Punjab
69th Punjabis		2/2 Punjab
70th Burma Rifles	1917	1/20 Burma Rif
71st Punjabis (Punjab Christian Battalion)	1917	disb 1920
72nd Punjabis		3/2 Punjab
73rd Carnatic Infantry		1/3 Madras
74th Punjabis		4/2 Punjab
75th Carnatic Infantry		2/3 Madras
76th Punjabis		3/1 Punjab
79th Carnatic Infantry		3/3 Madras
80th Carnatic Infantry		disb 1921
81st Pioneers		10/1 Madras Pioneers
82nd Punjabis		5/1 Punjab
83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry		4/3 Madras
84th Punjabis		10/1 Punjab
85th Burman Rifles	1917	3/20 Burma Rif
86th Carnatic Infantry		10/3 Madras
87th Punjabis		5/2 Punjab
88th Carnatic Infantry		disb 1921
89th Punjabis		1/8 Punjab
90th Punjabis		2/8 Punjab
91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)		3/8 Punjab
92nd Punjabis		4/8 Punjab
93rd Burma Infantry		5/8 Punjab
94th Russell's Infantry		1/19 Hyderabad
95th Russell's Infantry		10/19 Hyderabad
96th Berar Infantry		2/19 Hyderabad
97th Deccan Infantry		3/19 Hyderabad
98th Infantry		4/19 Hyderabad
99th Deccan Infantry		5/19 Hyderabad
101st Grenadiers		1/4 Bombay Gren
102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers		2/4 Bombay Gren
103rd Mahratta Light Infantry		1/5 Mahratta LI
104th Wellesley's Rifles		1/6 Rajputana Rif
105th Mahratta Light Infantry		2/5 Mahratta LI
107th Pioneers		1/2 Bombay Pioneers
108th Infantry		3/4 Bombay Gren
109th Infantry		4/4 Bombay Gren
110th Mahratta Light Infantry		3/5 Mahratta LI
111th Mahars	1917	disb 1922
112th Infantry		5/4 Bombay Gren
113th Infantry		10/4 Bombay Gren
114th Mahrattas		10/5 Mahratta LI
116th Maharattas		4/5 Mahratta LI
117th Mahrattas		5/5 Mahratta LI
119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)		2/9 Jat
120th Rajputana Infantry		2/6 Rajputana Rif
121st Pioneers		10/2 Bombay Pioneers
122nd Rajputana Infantry		3/6 Rajputana Rif
123rd Outram's Rifles		4/6 Rajputana Rif
124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry		1/10 Baluch
125th Napier's Rifles		5/6 Rajputana Rif
126th Baluchistan Infantry		2/10 Baluch
127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry		3/10 Baluch
128th Pioneers		3/2 Bombay Pioneers
129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis		4/10 Baluch
130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)		5/10 Baluch
131st United Provinces Regiment	1918	disb 1919
132nd Punjab Infantry	1918	broken up 1918
133rd Regiment	1918	disb 1919
140th Patiala Regiment	1918	disb 1919
141st Bikanir Infantry	1918	disb 1919
142nd Jodhpur Infantry	1918	disb 1919
143rd Narsingh (Dholpur) Infantry	1918	disb 1919
144th Bharatpur Infantry	1918	disb 1919
145th Alwar (Jai Paltan) Infantry	1918	disb 1919
150th Indian Infantry	1918	disb 1921
151st Sikh Infantry	1918	disb 1921
152nd Punjabis	1918	disb 1921
153rd Punjabis	1918	disb 1922
154th Indian Infantry	1918	disb 1921
155th Indian Pioneers	1918	disb 1920
156th Indian Infantry	1918	disb 1919
1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles
5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
6th Gurkha Rifles
7th Gurkha Rifles
8th Gurkha Rifles
9th Gurkha Rifles
10th Gurkha Rifles
11th Gurkha Rifles	1918	disb 1922
Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) Cavalry
The Machine Gun Corps	1916	disb 1920

Support Arms
Supply and Transport Corps
The Army Hospital Corps	1896
The Army Bearer Corps	1901
The Indian Medical Department	1896
The Army Remount Department	1875
The Army Veterinary Department	1884
The Indian Ordnance Department	1884
The Army Clothing Department	1900
The Military Farms Department	1912

REGIMENTS and CORPS of the INDIAN ARMY 1918

REGIMENTS and CORPS
of the INDIAN ARMY
1918