11th Sikh Regiment

11th Sikh Regiment 03-Men of the Loodiaah (Ludhiana) Sikh Regiment in China, Circa 1860..jpg 300 The Ludhiana Sikh Regiment in China, Circa 1860, during the Second Opium War 1922–1947 British India 23px British India 23px Infantry Regiment World War II The 11th Sikh Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.Sumner p.15 The regiment was formed from the: 1st Battalion – 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs 2nd Battalion – 15th Ludhiana Sikhs 3rd Battalion – 45th Rattray's Sikhs 4th Battalion – 36th Sikhs 5th Battalion – 47th Sikhs 10th Training Battalion – 35th Sikhs During World War II a further seven infantry battalions were formed the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, 25th and a machine gun battalion. The 8th and 9th battalions were converted to Light Anti-Aircraft battalions. Captain Yavar Abbas enlisted in the regiment during the Second World War; he said of the regiment's British officers "I found myself in a version of Dad's Army, in the company of white, middle-aged men as my fellow officers, who still considered India to be a crown colony on which they'll have continuing control for the foreseeable future," and transferred to the Fourteenth Army, of which he said "It was wonderful camaraderie. There were British and Indians mixing with each other."Puri Kavita VJ Day: The WW2 veteran who moved Queen Camilla to tears BBC News 15 August 2025 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kzwwk30wro The regiment was allocated to the new Indian Army on independence, becoming the Sikh Regiment. Bibliography Barthorp Michael Burn Jeffrey 1979 Indian infantry regiments 1860–1914 Osprey Publishing 0-85045-307-0 Sumner Ian The Indian Army 1914–1947 2001 Osprey Publishing 1-84176-196-6 References Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments Category:Indian World War II regiments Category:Military units and formations established in 1922 R R Category:Modern Sikh military Category:Sikh regiments of the Indian Army Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1947