List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)

Indian Army
Star of India Red Ensign
Active	1857–1947
Country	India
Allegiance	British Crown
Type	Army
Size	2.5 million men 1945
Engagements	Second Afghan War Third Afghan War Second Burmese War Third Burmese War Second Opium War 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia First Mohmand Campaign Boxer Rebellion Tirah Campaign British expedition to Tibet Sudan Campaign World War I Waziristan campaign 1919–1920 Waziristan campaign 1936–1939 World War II North West Frontier
Commanders
Notable commanders	Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell Claude Auchinleck

This is a list of regiments of the Indian Army as it was following the reorganisation of the Indian Armed Forces in 1922.

Cavalry[]

Regular[]

• Governor General's Bodyguard
• 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
• 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
• 3rd Cavalry
• 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
• 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse
• 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
• 7th Light Cavalry
• 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
• 9th Royal Deccan Horse
• 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
• 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
• 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
• 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
• 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
• 15th Lancers
• 16th Light Cavalry
• 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
• 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
• 18th/19th Lancers
• 20th Lancers
• 38th/39th King George's Own Light Cavalry - (became The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) in 1923)

Auxiliary[]

• The Assam Valley Light Horse
• The Bihar Light Horse
• The Bombay Light Horse
• The Calcutta Light Horse
• The Chota Nagpur Regiment
• The Punjab Light Horse

Infantry[]

Regular[]

• 1st Punjab Regiment
• 2nd Punjab Regiment
• 3rd Madras Regiment
• 4th Bombay Grenadiers
• 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
• 6th Rajputana Rifles
• 7th Rajput Regiment
• 8th Punjab Regiment
• 9th Jat Regiment
• 10th Baluch Regiment
• 11th Sikh Regiment
• 12th Frontier Force Regiment
• 13th Frontier Force Rifles
• 14th Punjab Regiment
• 15th Punjab Regiment
• 16th Punjab Regiment
• 17th Dogra Regiment
• 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
• 19th Hyderabad Regiment
• 20th Burma Rifles
• 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
• 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
• 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
• 4th Gurkha Rifles - (became 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1924)
• 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
• 6th Gurkha Rifles
• 7th Gurkha Rifles
• 8th Gurkha Rifles
• 9th Gurkha Rifles
• 10th Gurkha Rifles

Auxiliary Force (India)[]

• The Calcutta Scottish
• The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion

Indian Mountain Artillery[]

Following the absorption of the Presidency armies into the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery, there was no 'field' units of the Indian artillery. The Indian artillery only maintained mountain artillery units, while the Royal Artillery provided the other arms. The units below have their titles in 1922 or those used before if they were changed later;^[1]

Brigades (till 1938)/Regiments

• 20th Indian Pack Artillery Brigade
• 21st Indian Pack Artillery Brigade
• 22nd Indian Pack Artillery Brigade
• 23rd Indian Pack Artillery Brigade
• 24th Indian Pack Artillery Brigade
• 25th Indian Pack Artillery Brigade

Batteries (Separate)

• 101 Royal (Kohat) Pack Battery (Frontier Force)
• 102 (Derajat) Pack Battery (FF)
• 103 (Peshawar) Pack Battery (FF)
• 104 (Hazara) Pack Battery (FF)
• 105 (Bombay) Pack Battery
• 106 (Jacob's) Pack Battery
• 107 (Bengal) Pack Battery
• 108 (Lahore) Pack Battery
• 109 (Murree) Pack Battery
• 110 (Abbottabad) Pack Battery
• 111 (Dehra Dun) Pack Battery
• 112 (Poonch) Pack Battery
• 113 (Dardoni) Pack Battery
• 114 (Rajputana) Pack Battery
• 115 (Jhelum) Pack Battery
• 116 (Zhob) Pack Bty
• 117 (Nowshera) Pack Battery
• 118 (Sohan) Pack Battery
• 119 (Maymyo) Pack Battery

Indian Territorial Force[]

The Frontier Corps[]

• (1946–47)
• Khyber Rifles

Military Police and North-East Frontier units[]

• The Malabar Special Police
• Assam Rifles

Services[]

• Supply and Transport Corps

Support Arms[]

• 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
• 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
• 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
• (numeral omitted 1923)
• 1st Madras Pioneers
• 2nd Bombay Pioneers
• 3rd Sikh Pioneers
• 4th Hazara Pioneers

Indian State Forces[]

• (see separately)

Wartime Units and others formed between 1922 and 1947[]

• Field Artillery
• 42nd Cavalry
• 45th Cavalry
• Indian Long Range Squadron
• 151 (British) Parachute Battalion
• Indian Parachute Regiment
• formed by amalgamation of Army Hospital and Nursing Corps and the Army Bearer Corps
• Indian Medical Service formed by amalgamation of the Bengal, Bombay and Madras Medical Services
• Indian Army Medical Corps formed by amalgamation of the Indian Medical Service, Indian Medical Department, and Indian Hospital Corps

See also[]

• List of regiments of the Indian Army (1903)
• List of regiments of the Indian Army
• Royal Engineers Museum Indian Sappers (1740–1947)

References[]

• Frederick, J. B. M. (1984). Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660-1978, Volume II. Wakefield, United Kingdom: Microform Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-85117-008-1.