102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers

January 2020 January 2020 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers 1759–1922 British Raj British India British Empire 26px British Indian Army Infantry Regiment Bombay Army (to 1895)Bombay Command Red; faced white Uniform French Revolutionary WarsThird Anglo-Maratha WarFirst Afghan War1868 Expedition to AbyssiniaSecond Afghan WarWorld War I The 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It could trace its origins to 1796, when it was raised as the 13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry. The Grenadiers were part of the Indian army which was sent to Egypt in 1801, to fight against the Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt in the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1818, the regiment's soldiers fought in the Peshwa Wars, distinguishing themselves at the Battle of Koregaon in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. In 1824 when it became a regiment in its own right, when it was named the 2nd or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. In 1840, it took part in the First Afghan War and then the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia which was a punitive expedition carried out by armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia. In 1880, the unit took part in the Battle of Maiwand during the Second Afghan War. The regiment was stationed in Mhow, when in October 1902 it was order to go to Berbera, to fight in the Somaliland Campaign.Latest intelligence - Reinforcements for Somaliland 22 October 1902 3 36905 In 1903 in honour of the Coronation of the King-Emperor Edward VII., saw the renaming of the Regiment, the new title being: “102nd Prince of Wales’ Own Grenadiers.” In November, 1905, the Prince and Princess of Wales (afterwards King George V. and Queen Mary) arrived in India, and proceeded to Indore, where headquarters and five companies of the Regiment proceeded as a Guard of Honour. On the 1st January, 1906, in honour of the Royal visit to India, the Regiment received the title of ‘‘ King Edward’s Own,’’ with permission to wear the Royal Cipher on Colours and appointments. see pages 87 & 88 of “2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers, King Edward’s Own, formerly the 102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers. Historical record of the regiment, 1796-1933” by Major J. T. Gorman World War I began with it being stationed at Muscat, Oman and served in the Mesopotamia Campaign with the 14th Indian Division, taking part in the Second Battle of Kut and the Fall of Baghdad (1917). A second battalion was raised in 1917 that served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. 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 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers became the 2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers. thumb|right|305x305px|2nd Bombay Grenadiers in Hampton Court Camp on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII, August 1902 Designations Year Designation 1796 13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry 1797 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry 1798 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry 1818 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry 1824 2nd or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry 1876 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers) 1885 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers) 1901 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Bombay Grenadiers 1903 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers 1906 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers 1922 2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers 1947 2nd Battalion, The Grenadiers References 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:Grenadier regiments Category:Military units and formations established in 1759 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922