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List of Regiments of the British Indian Army (1922) - Definition and Overview

This is a list of regiments of the British Indian Army after the reorganisation of the Indian armed forces in 1922. (May not be complete)

Contents
1 Cavalry

1.1 Regular
1.2 Auxiliary

2 Infantry

2.1 Regular
2.2 Auxiliary

3 Services
4 Support Arms

Cavalry

Regular

  • Governor General's Bodyguard
  • Govenor General's Bodgyguard, Madras
  • Govenor General's Bodgyguard, Bombay
  • Govenor General's Bodgyguard, Bengal
  • 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
  • 2nd Lancers (Gardener's Horse)
  • 3rd Cavalry
  • 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
  • 5th King Edward's Own Horse
  • 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 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 Victoria's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
  • 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
  • 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Bombay 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
  • The Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles
  • The Surma Valley Light Horse
  • The United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment)
  • The United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)

Infantry

Regular

Auxiliary

  • The Allahabad Rifles
  • The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
  • The Assam Rifles
  • The Baluchistan Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • The Bangalore Contingent
  • The Bengal & North West Railway Battalion
  • The Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion
  • The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment
  • The Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps
  • Burma Military Police
  • The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion
  • The Calcutta Presidency Battalion
  • The Calcutta Scottish
  • The Cawnpore Rifles
  • The Coorg and Mysore Company
  • The Coorg and Mysore Rifles
  • The DelhI Contingent
  • The East Coast Battalion
  • The East Indian Railway Regiment
  • The Eastern Bengal Company
  • The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion
  • The Great Indian Pensinula Railway Regiment
  • The Hyderabad Rifles
  • The Lucknow Rifles
  • The Lucknow Volunteer Rifles
  • The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles
  • The Madras Guards
  • The Mussourie Battalion
  • The Nagpur Rifles
  • The Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles
  • The Nilgri Malabar Battalion
  • The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
  • The North West Railway Battalion
  • The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
  • The Poona Rifles
  • The Punjab Rifles
  • The Simla Rifles
  • The Sind Rifles
  • The South Indian Railway Battalion

Services

  • The Army Bearer Corps
  • The Army Clothing Department
  • The Army Hospital Corps
  • The Army Remount Department
  • The Army Veteirary
  • The Indian Medical Department
  • The Indian Ordinance Department
  • The Military Farms Department
  • Supply and Transport Corps

Support Arms

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