122nd Rajputana Infantry

Military unit of the British Indian Army Rajputana Rifles 122nd Rajputana Infantry Rajputana infantry aclovett.jpg 300 A soldier of the 122nd Rajputana Infantry (far right) amongst other troops form the British Indian Army 1818–1922 Indian Empire Army Infantry Bombay Army (to 1895)Bombay Command Red; faced dark green, 1882 emerald green Boxer RebellionWorld War I The 122nd Rajputana Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1818, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. The regiments first action was during the Boxer Rebellion, they also served in World War I 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 122nd Rajputana Infantry became the 3rd (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, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry - 1818 22nd Bombay Native Infantry - 1824 22nd Bombay Infantry - 1885 122nd Rajputana Infantry - 1903 3rd Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles -1921 3rd Battalion The Rajputana Rifles -1947 Commanding officers +NamePeriodLt. Col. J. Cunningham1 January 1818 – 14 October 1824Lt. Col. Brackley Kennel26 October 1824 – 19 December 1827Captain J. ClarkeDecember 1828 – 1832Major J.D. Crozier1832 – February 1834Captain J. ClarkeFebruary 1834 – May 1836Captain J. Donabin1836Captain J.W. HartCaptain J. Hale1837Major H. Cracklow1837 – 23 March 1846Major J. Hale 18461848Major R.L. Shawe1 November 1848 – 6 November 1852Captain C.E. Beale1852 Captain J.D. Leckie9 May 1853 – 1854Lt. Col. A. Shepheard16 April 1854 – 5 May 1856Lt. Col. H.E. Jacob6 May 1856 – 12 January 1858Capt E.C. Beale12 January 1858 – February 1859Major H. Boye18 February 1859 – 15 June 1860Major E.C. Beale4 October 1860 – 21 October 1871Colonel H.E. Jacob18 November 1871 – 2 August 1876Lt. Col. T. Nuttall2 August 1876 – 20 April 1877Colonel J. Fairbrother20 April 1877 – 7 February 1882Colonel J.H. Drummond7 February 1882 – 19 September 1888Colonel De L.R.F. Woolridge20 September 1888 – 2 November 1889Lt. Col. W.A. Weatherall2 November 1889 – 8 November 1896Lt. Col. J.F.C. Thatoner8 November 1896 – 7 February 1900Lt. Col. R. Baillie30 May 1900 – 30 May 1907Lt. Col. W.G. Heatherall31 May 1907 – 30 May 1912Lt. Col. K.J.C. Dunolly31 May 1912 – 1 April 1917Lt. Col. P.C.R. Barclay2 April 1917 – 31 March 1921Lt. Col. J. D'Oyly1 April 1921 – 31 March 1925 Regimental War Memorial A memorial to the Rajputana Rifles in the form of a marble Chhatri (canopy) was constructed in 1925 at Nasirabad after formation of Sixth Rajputana Rifle Group in 1921/22. This was to commemorate 2,058 of all ranks of the regiment who had been killed during World War I. The 20-foot high memorial is a Makrana marble dome supported by six pillars. Each pillar represented a battalion of the Rajputana Rifle Group and was engraved with the crest of the battalion. A complete roll of honour was buried beneath a central plaque on which was engraved 23 battle honours earned by the regiment during the war. The memorial was unveiled at Nasirabad on 28 January 1927 by Lieutenant General Sir John Shea, KCB, KCNG, DSO, the then Adjutant General in India. References Sources 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 June 2017 Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar (2019) ''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Waffadar Paltan' Volume 1 1818-1920 (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) 978-93-86618-92-4 Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar (2020) ''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Gods Own' Volume 2 1921-2018 (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) 978-81-944659-2-8 1908 Historical Records of 122 Rajputana Infantry British India press Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments Category:Bombay Presidency Category:Military units and formations established in 1818 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922 Category:Military units and formations of the Boxer Rebellion