Units of the Indian Army 1914

v. 1.0 March 25, 2001

This list is compiled by Dr. Graham Watson from the Army List of April 1914. It provides a list of all units in order of seniority and indicates their location in 1914.

CAVALRY

 

Governor-General’s Body-Guard

Ballygunge

Governor-General’s Body-Guard, Madras

Madras

Governor-General’s Body-Guard, Bombay

Ganeshkhind

Governor-General’s Body-Guard, Bengal

Calcutta

1st Duke of York’s Own Lancers (Skinner’s Horse)

Peshawar

2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)

Saugor

3rd Skinner’s Horse

Meerut

4th Cavalry

Bareilly

5th Cavalry

Rawalpindi

6th King Edward’s Own Cavalry

Sialkot

7th Harlana Lancers

Ferozepore

8th Cavalry

Jhansi

9th Hodson’s Horse

Ambala

10th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers (Hodson’s Horse)

Loralei

11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse)

Delhi

12th Cavalry

Fyzabad

13th Duke of Connaught’s Lancers (Watson’s Horse)

Risalpur

14th Murray’s Jat Lancers

Risalpur

15th Lancers (Cureton’s Multanis)

Jullundur

16th Cavalry

Lucknow

17th Cavalry

Allahabad

18th King George’s Own Lancers

Meerut

19th Lancers (Fane’s Horse)

Sialkot

20th Deccan Horse

Bolarum

21st Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly’s Horse)

Jhelum

22nd Sam Browne’s Cavalry (Frontier Force)

Jacobabad

23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)

Lahore

[there was no 24th]

 

25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)

Bannu

26th King George’s Own Light Cavalry

Banaglore

27th Light Cavalry

Neemuch

28th Light Cavalry

Quetta

29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)

Poona

30th Lancers (Gordon’s Horse)

Ambala

31st Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers

Kohat

32nd Lancers

Jubbulpore

33rd Queen Victoria’s Own Light Cavalry

Aurangabad

34th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse

Secunderabad

35th Scinde Horse

Der Ismail Khan

36th Jacob’s Horse

Cawnpore

37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)

Multan

38th King George’s Own Central India Horse

Goona

39th King George’s Own Central India Horse

Persia

Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden’s)

Mardan

   

ARTILLERY

 

21ST Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

Dehra Dun

22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

Bhamo

23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

Abbottabad

24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

Hong Kong

25th Mountain Battery

Nowshera

26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery

Dehra Dun

27th Mountain Battery

Abbottabad

28th Mountain Battery

Abbottabad

29th Mountain Battery

Bannu

30th Mountain Battery

Abbottabad

31st Mountain Battery

Kohat

32nd Mountain Battery

Dera Ismail Khan

The Frontier Force Garrison Artillery

Kohat

   

SAPPERS & MINERS

 

1st King George’s Own Sappers and Miners

Rurki

1 Company

Peshawar

2 Company

Rurki

3 Company

Rurki

4 Company

Rurki

5 Company

Rurki

6 Company

Rawalpindi

2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers and Miners

Jask-Persian Gulf

9 Company

Bangalore

10 Company

Bangalore

11 Company

Rawalpindi

12 Company

Secunderabad

13 Company

Bangalore

14 Company

Bangalore

15 (Burma) Company

Mandalay

3rd Sappers and Miners

Kirkee

17 Company

Quetta

18 Company

Quetta

19 Company

Kirkee

20 Company

Kirkee

21 Company

Kirkee

22 Company

Kirkee

independent companies=

 

25 (Railway) Company

Sialkot

26 (Railway) Company

Quetta

31 (Divisional Signal) Company

Rawalpindi

32 (Divisional Signal) Company

Ambala

33 (Divisional Signal) Company

Quetta

34 (Divisional Signal) Company

Ahmednagar

41 (Wireless Signal) Company

Saugor

   

INFANTRY

 

1st Brahmans

Bolarum

2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Rajput Light Infantry

Bushire

3rd Brahmans

Singapore

4th Prince Albert Victor’s Rajputs

Colombo

5th Light Infantry

Nowgong

6th Jat Light Infantry

Secunderabad

7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs

Ahmedabad

8th Rajputs

Hong Kong

9th Bhopal Infantry

Fyzabad

10th Jats

Hyderabad

11th Rajputs

Dinapore

12th Pioneers (The Kelat-I-Ghizle Regiment)

Kirkee

13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatl Regiment)

Agra

14th King George’s Own Ferozepore Sikhs

Peshawar

15th Ludhiana Sikhs

Loralai

16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)

Jubbulpore

17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)

Lucknow

18th Infantry

Dera Ismail Khan

19th Punjabis

Dargai

20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabis)

Poona

21st Punjabis

Peshawar

22nd Punjabis

Benares

23rd Sikh Pioneers

Lahore

24th Punjabis

Nowshera

25th Punjabis

Hong Kong

26th Punjabis

Hong Kong

27th Punjabis

Tank

28th Punjabis

Lahore

29th Punjabis

Chaman

30th Punjabis

Delhi

31st Punjabis

Fort Sandeman

32nd Sikh Pioneers

Sialkot

33rd Punjabis

Bannu

34th Sikh Pioneers

Ambala

35th Sikhs

Rawalpindi

36th Sikhs

Lucknow

37th Dogras

Jhelum

38th Dogras

Malakand

39th Garhwal Rifles

 

1st Bn

Landsdowne

2nd Bn

Lansdowne

40th Pathans

Alipore

41st Dogras

Bareilly

42nd Deoli Regiment (Cavalry and Infantry)

Deoli

43rd Erinpura Regiment (Cavalry and Infantry)

Erinpura

44th Merwara Infantry

Ajmeer

45th Rattray’s Sikhs

Dera Ismail Khan

46th Punjabis

Nowshera

47th Sikhs

Jullundur

48th Pioneers

Allahabad

51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)

Peshawar

52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)

Bannu

53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)

Kohat

54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)

Kohat

55th Coke’s Rifles (Frontier Force)

Bannu

56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)

Samana

57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force)

Dera Ismail Khan

58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force)

Quetta

59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)

Jullundur

no 60th

 

61st King George’s Own Pioneers

Bangalore

62nd Punjabis

Cawnpore

63rd Palacottah Light Infantry

Kamptee

64th Pioneers

Mandalay

no 65th

 

66th Punjabis

Rangoon

67th Punjabis

Quetta

no 68th

 

69th Punjabis

Jhelum

no 70th-71st

 

72nd Punjabis

Peshawar

73rd Carnatic Infantry

Trinchinopoly

74th Punjabis

Lucknow

75th Carnatic Infantry

Cannanore

76th Punjabis

Jhelum

no 77th-78th

 

79th Carnatic Infantry

Rangoon

80th Carnatic Infantry

Bhamo

81st Pioneers

Belgaum

82nd Punjabis

Nowshera

83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry

Secunderababd

84th Punjabis

Rawalpindi

no 85th

 

86th Carnatic Infantry

St Thomas’ Mount

87th Punjabis

Jhelum

88th Carnatic Infantry

Secunderabad

89th Punjabis

Meikitila

90th Punjabis

Nasirabad

91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)

Mandalay

92nd Punjabis

Fort William

93rd Burma Infantry

Barrackpore

94th Russell’s Infantry

Bolarum

95th Russell’s Infantry

Bombay

96th Berar Infantry

Mhow

97th Deccan Infantry

Jubbulpore

98th Infantry

Saugor

99th Deccan Infantry

Sehore

no 100th

 

101st Grenadiers

Bangalore

102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers

Muscat

103rd Mahratta Light Infantry

Ahmednagar

104th Wellesley’s Rifles

Baroda

105th Mahratta Light Infantry

Poona

106th Hazara Pioneers

Quetta

107th Pioneers

Jhansi

108th Infantry

Bangalore

109th Infantry

Aden

110th Mahratta Light Infantry

Belgaum

no 111th

 

112th Infantry

Nowshera

113th Infantry

Dibrugarh

114th Mahrattas

Alipore

no 115th

 

116th Mahrattas

Jhansi

117th Mahrattas

Poona

no 118th

 

119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)

Ahmednagar

120th Rajputana Infantry

Belgaum

121st Pioneers

Quetta

122nd Rajputana Infantry

Kohat

123rd Outram’s Rifles

Manipur

124th Duchess of Connaught’s Own Baluchistan Infantry

Tientsin, China

125th Napier’s Rifles

Mhow

126th Baluchistan Infantry

Hong Kong

127th Queen Mary’s Own Baluch Light Infantry

Karachi

128th Pioneers

Meerut

129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis

Ferozepore

130th King George’s Own Baluchis (Jacob’s Rifles)

Aurangabad

1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) 1st Bn

 

1st Bn

Dharmsala

2nd Bn

Nowshera

2nd King Edward’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)1st Bn

 

1st Bn

Delhi

2nd Bn

Dehra Dun

3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles

Almora

1st Bn

Almora

2nd Bn

Lansdowne

4th Gurkha Rifles 1st

 

1st Bn

Bakloh

2nd Bn

Bakloh

5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)

 

1st Bn

Abbottabad

2nd Bn

Abbottabad

6th Gurkha Rifles

 

1st Bn

Abbottabad

2nd Bn

Abbottabad

7th Gurkha Rifles

 

1st Bn

Quetta

2nd Bn

Quetta

8th Gurkha Rifles

 

1st Bn

Shillong

2nd Bn

Lansdowne

9th Gurkha Rifles

 

1st Bn

Dehra Dun

2nd Bn

Dehra Dun

10th Gurkha Rifles

 

1st Bn

Maymyo

2nd Bn

Dacca

   

No listing of medical or service units

 

 

 

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