104th Wellesley's Rifles

yes January 2020 January 2020 104th Wellesley's Rifles Rajputana infantry aclovett.jpg 300px A depiction of a subadar-major of the 104th Wellesley's Rifles (second from left) amongst other British Indian Army troops 1775-1922 British India Army Infantry Bombay Army (to 1895)Bombay Command Green; faced red. Uniform Third Anglo-Mysore WarFourth Anglo-Mysore WarBani Bu Ali expeditionSecond Anglo-Sikh WarAnglo-Persian WarSecond Afghan WarIndian Rebellion of 1857World War I Mesopotamia Campaign Battle of Ctesiphon Siege of Kut The 104th Wellesley's Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1775, when they were raised as the 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys and presently its designation is 3 Guards (1 Rajputana Rifles) of Indian Army. The regiments first action was during the Mysore Campaign in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. This was followed by their participation in the Battle of Seringapatam in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. They were next called to serve in the Bani Bu Ali expedition in 1821, against the pirates in Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf region. Returning to India they took part in the Siege of Multan during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. They were next involved in the Anglo-Persian War in 1856, followed the next year by the Indian Rebellion of 1857 taking part in the Central India Campaign. Twenty years were to pass until their next action in the Battle of Kandahar during the Second Afghan War. They were also in East Africa during the Sudan Campaign. During World War I they were in the 6th (Poona) Division during the Mesopotamia Campaign. After a string of early successes particularly during the Battle of Es Sinn, the 6th Division was defeated at the Battle of Ctesiphon in November 1915. Following this engagement, the division withdrew to Kut and Siege of Kut began. After a lengthy siege all they surrendered in April 1916.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 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 104th Wellesley's Rifles became the 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles.November 2011 After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army.November 2011 Predecessor names 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys - 1775 9th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys - 1778 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry - 1796 4th Bombay Native Infantry - 1824 4th Bombay Infantry (or Rifle Corps) - 1885 4th (1st Battalion Rifle Corps) Bombay Infantry - 1889 4th Bombay Rifles - 1901 104th Wellesley's Rifles - 1903 Successor Names 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles-1921 1st Battalion Rajputana Rifles-1945 Allocated to India on Partition-1947 3rd Battalion, Brigade of the Guards(1st Rajputana Rifles)-1949 References Notes Bibliography https://www.amazon.in/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AO+B+E+M+C+Lieut+Colonel+F+H+James 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 1775 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922