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2nd Bombay Grenadiers of the Indian Army in Hampton Court Camp on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII, August 1902. The Grenadiers is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly part of the Bombay Army and later the pre-independence British Indian Army, when the regiment was known as the 4th Bombay Grenadiers.
4th Bombay Grenadiers: Redesignated The Indian Grenadiers in 1945. Allotted to India in 1947. Renamed The Grenadiers in 1950. 1st Battalion: Late 101st Grenadiers. 2nd Battalion: Late 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers. 3rd Battalion: Late 108th Infantry. Disbanded 1930. Reformed 1940. 4th Battalion: Late 109th Infantry. Disbanded 1923 ...
2nd Bombay Pioneers; 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 2nd Punjab Regiment; 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry; 3rd Brahmans; 3rd Gorkha Rifles; 3rd Madras Regiment; 3rd Sikh Pioneers; 4th Bengal European Regiment; 4th Bombay Grenadiers; 4th Gorkha Rifles; 4th Hazara Pioneers; 4th Prince Albert Victor's ...
After the outbreak of the Second Afghan War, the Bombay Grenadiers found itself initially employed initially in the vicinity of the Bolan Pass.It was not until March 1880 that the battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Anderson, entered Afghanistan as an element of a British-Indian column intent on quelling a revolt by Ayub Khan, the ruler of Herat, who sought to depose the British ...
101st Grenadiers: Late 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers: Late 2nd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. Renamed 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers in 1906. 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry: Late 3rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. 104th Wellesley's Rifles: Late 4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.
In 1922, the 108th Infantry became the 3rd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers. After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army . Predecessor names
The Grenadiers: East India Company: Company Raj India: The Grenadiers is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly part of the Bombay Army and later the pre-independence British Indian Army, when the regiment was known as the 4th Bombay Grenadiers. [55] 1795 Royal Newfoundland Regiment: Thomas Skinner: Newfoundland Colony Canada
The Bombay Army was the army of the Bombay Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India. It was established in 1668 and governed by the East India Company until the Government of India Act 1858 transferred all presidencies to the direct authority of the British Crown .