120th Rajputana Infantry

January 2020 January 2020 120th Rajputana Infantry Rajputana.jpg A painting depicting members of the Rajputanta Rifles, of all ranks and uniforms. circa. 1911 1817–1922 British India 23px Army Infantry Bombay Army (to 1895)Bombay Command Red; faced yellow Anglo-Persian WarWorld War I thumb|Troops of the 120th Rajputana Infantry train with a machine-gun and rifles in Mesopotamia, January 1915. The 120th Rajputana Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1817, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. The regiments first action was during the Anglo-Persian War in 1856, for which they were awarded the battle honours of Persia, Reshire, Bushire and Koosh-ah. During World War I they were attached to the 6th (Poona) Division and served in the Mesopotamian campaign. They fought in the Battle of Basra, the Battle of Qurna, the Battle of Es Sinn before being delivered a setback at the Battle of Ctesiphon. Following this engagement, they withdrew to Kut. Trapped in the city during the Siege of Kut they were forced to surrender after 147 days.See Gardner, Nikolas. 2004 'Sepoys and the Siege of Kut-Al-Amara, December 1915-April 1916', War in History (journal) 11(3), pp. 307-326 A second battalion was raised from men on leave and reinforcements and sent to Mesopotamia.Sharma, p.158 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 120th Rajputana Infantry became the 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own), 6th Rajputana Rifles.Sharma, p. 159 After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army. Predecessor names 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native infantry - 1817 20th Bombay Native infantry - 1824 20th Bombay infantry - 1885 120th Rajputana Infantry - 1903 References Sources Barthorp Michael Burn Jeffrey 1979 Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914 Osprey Publishing 0-85045-307-0 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 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 Singh Narendar 2019 Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles "Waffadr Paltan" Volume 1 1818-1920 New Delhi Pentagon Press 978-93-86618-92-4 Sumner Ian The Indian Army 1914-1947 2001 Osprey Publishing 1-84176-196-6 Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments Category:Bombay Presidency Category:Military units and formations established in 1817 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922