112th Infantry

May 2021 January 2020 January 2020 112th Infantry Rajputana infantry aclovett.jpg 300 A depiction of a subadar of the 112th Infantry (third from right) amongst other British Indian Army troops 1796–1923 British India 23px British India 23px Infantry Bombay Army (to 1895)Bombay Command Red; faced deep buff, 1884 yellow Third Anglo-Maratha Warconquest of SindhIndian Rebellion of 1857World War I Waziristan campaign (1919–1920) The 112th Infantry were originally an infantry regiment of the East India Company's Bombay Army and later the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1796, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. The regiments first action was on the Battle of Khadki in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. They also took part in the Battle of Miani and the Battle of Hyderabad during the conquest of Sindh. They next took part in the central Indian campaign after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. During World War I they were attached to the 17th Indian Division in the Mesopotamia Campaign. They were involved in the action at Fat-ha Gorge on the Little Zab and the Battle of Sharqat in October 1918.warpath http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/12_ind_div.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084906/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/12_ind_div.htm 2008-05-17 After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.Sumner p.15 In 1922, the 112th Infantry became the 5th Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers. However in April 1923 the battalion was ordered to be disbanded, which was completed by the end of September 1923.Sharma, Gautam (1990). Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army. Predecessor names 2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry – 1796 12th Bombay Native Infantry – 1824 12th Bombay Infantry – 1885 112th Infantry – 1903 References Bibliography Barthorp Michael Burn Jeffrey 1979 Indian infantry regiments 1860–1914 Osprey Publishing 0-85045-307-0 Rinaldi Richard A 2008 Order of Battle British Army 1914 Ravi Rikhye 978-0-9776072-8-0 Sharma Gautam 1990 Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army Allied Publishers 81-7023-140-X Sumner Ian The Indian Army 1914–1947 2001 Osprey Publishing 1-84176-196-6 Moberly Frederick James History of the Great War Based on Official Documents The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914–1918 I 1927 1923 HMSO London 772784341 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210666 Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments Category:Bombay Presidency Category:Military units and formations established in 1796 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922 Category:1796 establishments in British India