Rawalpindi Parade 1905
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The Rawalpindi Parade 1905 was a parade by the British Indian Army
held in Rawalpindi
, India on 8 December 1905 to honour the Prince
and Princess of Wales
. The troops were under the Command of Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum
, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief India. The Royal party arrived at the parade ground escorted by a Field Officer's escort of 1st Skinner's Horse. They then received a Royal salute and inspected the troops, accompanied by the Commander-in-chief. On conclusion of the inspection, the troops on parade marched past in the following order.
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...
held in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
, India on 8 December 1905 to honour the Prince
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
and Princess of Wales
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
. The troops were under the Command of Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC , was an Irish-born British Field Marshal and proconsul who won fame for his imperial campaigns and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War, although he died halfway...
, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief India. The Royal party arrived at the parade ground escorted by a Field Officer's escort of 1st Skinner's Horse. They then received a Royal salute and inspected the troops, accompanied by the Commander-in-chief. On conclusion of the inspection, the troops on parade marched past in the following order.
Order of the March past
- Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, Commander-in-Chief India
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, Inspector-General of Cavalry in India - 1st (Peshawar) Infantry Brigade - Major General C. H. Des Voeux
- Royal Horse ArtilleryRoyal Horse ArtilleryThe regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army...
- F Battery
- I Battery
- J Battery
- T Battery
- 1st Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General Robert Bellew Adams V.C.
- 22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry
- 23rd Cavalry
- Queens Own Corp of Guides Cavalry
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel F.S. Garratt
- 12th Royal Lancers12th Royal LancersThe 12th Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. In 1960, it was amalgamated with 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, to form 9th/12th Royal Lancers .-History:...
- 8th Cavalry
- 9th Hodson's Horse
- 12th Royal Lancers
- 3rd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel A. Phayre
- 9th Queen's Royal Lancers9th Queen's Royal LancersThe 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, or the Delhi Spearmen, were a cavalry regiment of the British Army. They are best known for their roles in the Indian mutiny of 1857 and for their part in the North African campaign of World War II including the retreat to and the battle of El Alamein in 1942.-Early...
- 7th Hariana Lancers7th Hariana Lancers- Origin :The regiment began as Bengal irregular cavalry raised in Meerut and Cawnpore by Captain Liptrott.Like all regiments of the Indian Army, the 7th Cavalry underwent many name changes in the various reorganisations...
- 11th Prince of Wales Own Lancers
- 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
- 4th Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General B.T. Mahon
- 3rd The King's Own Hussars3rd The King's Own HussarsThe 3rd Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Hussars in 1958.-The Glorious Revolution:...
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers
- 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)
- 3rd The King's Own Hussars
- Divisional Cavalry Regiments
- 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)
- 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers
- 25th Cavalry
- 12th Cavalry
- Mounted Infantry
- No. 1 Company
- No. 2 Company
- Royal ArtilleryRoyal ArtilleryThe Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
Brigadier-General J.A. Coxhead - Royal Field ArtilleryRoyal Field ArtilleryThe Royal Field Artillery of the British Army provided artillery support for the British Army. It came into being when the Royal Artillery was divided on 1 July 1899, it was reamalgamated back into the Royal Artillery in 1924....
- 1st Brigade
- 13th Battery
- 67th Battery
- 69th Battery
- 39th Brigade
- 46th Battery
- 51st Battery
- 54th Battery
- 45th Brigade
- 11th Battery
- 52nd Battery
- 80th Battery
- Royal Garrison ArtilleryRoyal Garrison ArtilleryThe Royal Garrison Artillery was an arm of the Royal Artillery that was originally tasked with manning the guns of the British Empire's forts and fortresses, including coastal artillery batteries, the heavy gun batteries attached to each infantry division, and the guns of the siege...
- Mountain Division
- 5th Mountain Battery
- 6th Mountain Battery
- 8th Mountain Battery
- 21st Mountain Battery
- 22nd Mountain Battery
- 24th Mountain Battery
- 26th Mountain Battery
- 27th Mountain Battery
- 28th Mountain Battery
- Royal Garrison Artillery
- 71st Company (Heavies)
- 104th Company (Heavies)
- Sappers and Miners Colonel A.E. Sandbach
- 1 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- 2 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- 4 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- 5 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- 9 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- Telegraph Section, 1st S & M
- 2nd S & P
- 3rd S & M
- Telephone Section 1st S & P
- 1st (Peshawar) Division1st (Peshawar) DivisionThe 1st Division was a Regular Division of the British Indian Army it was formed after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903. During World War I it remained in India for local defence but it was mobilised for action on the North West Frontier on several occasions during the period.The...
Lieutent General Sir, E. Barrow- 1st Seaforth HighlandersSeaforth HighlandersThe Seaforth Highlanders was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the Great War...
- 2nd Gordon Highlanders
- 36th Sikhs36th SikhsThe 36th Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were the 36th Bengal Infantry. They had one other change in title in 1901, when they became the 36th Sikh Infantry. They finally became the 36th Sikhs in 1903, after the...
- 38th Dogras38th DograsThe 38th Dogras were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1858, when they were raised as the Agra Levy....
- 1st Seaforth Highlanders
- 2nd (Nowshera) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General Sir J. Willcocks
- 1st The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)The Cameronians was an infantry regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry...
- 25th Punjabis25th PunjabisThe 25th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 17th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 25th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
- 45th Rattray Sikhs
- 54th Sikhs
- 1st The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 3rd (Frontier) Infantry Brigade - Colonel Fenton Aylmer, V.C.
- 52nd Sikhs
- 53rd Sikhs
- 59th Scinde Rifles
- Queens Own Corps of Guides
- Divisional Battalion
- 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs4th Prince Albert Victor's RajputsThe 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs was an infantry battalion of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 2nd Battalion, 16th Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years they became known by a number of different titles...
- 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs
- 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division2nd (Rawalpindi) DivisionThe 2nd Division was a regular army division of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1903 after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army. During World War I it remained in India for local defence but it was mobilised for action on the North West Frontier on several occasions during the period...
Major General. J.H. Wodehouse - 5th (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade - Colonel. H.B. Watkis
- 25th Punjabis25th PunjabisThe 25th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 17th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 25th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
- 30th Punjabis30th PunjabisThe 30th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 22nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 30th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
- 56th Infantry
- 58th Vaughan's Rifles
- 25th Punjabis
- 6th (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade - Major General J.B. Woon
- 1st 5th Gurkha Rifles
- 2nd 5th Gurkha Rifles
- 1st 6th Gurkha Rifles
- 2nd 6th Gurkha Rifles
- 4th (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade - Colonel. C.W. Park
- 1st The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
- 1st Royal Irish RegimentRoyal Irish RegimentThe Royal Irish Regiment is an infantry unit of the British Army.-1992 creation:With an antecedence reaching back to 1689, the regiment was formed in 1992...
- 1st Royal Munster FusiliersRoyal Munster FusiliersThe Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army. One of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, it had its home depot in Tralee. It was originally formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of two regiments of the former East India Company. It served in India and...
- 2nd Royal Irish FusiliersRoyal Irish FusiliersThe Royal Irish Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th Regiment of Foot and the 89th Regiment of Foot in 1881. The regiment's first title in 1881 was Princess Victoria's , changed in 1920 to The Royal Irish Fusiliers...
- Divisional Battalion
- 23rd Pioneers
- 3rd (Lahore) Division3rd (Lahore) DivisionThe 3rd Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army, first organised in 1852. It saw service during World War I as part of the Indian Corps in France before being moved to the Middle East where it fought against troops of the Ottoman Empire.-Pre-Mutiny:The Lahore Division first...
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- 1st Northamptonshire RegimentNorthamptonshire RegimentThe Northamptonshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1960. Its lineage is now continued by The Royal Anglian Regiment.-Formation:The regiment was formed as part of the reorganisation of the infantry by the Childers reforms...
- 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)The 20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry in 1904 and became 2nd Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
- 21st Punjabis21st PunjabisThe 21st Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 21st Punjabis in 1903 and became 10th Battalion of 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1943, it was converted into the 14th Punjab...
- 40th Pathans40th PathansThe 40th Pathans were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1858, as the Shahjehanpur Levy. It was designated as the 40th Pathans in 1903 and became 5th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
- 1st Northamptonshire Regiment
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- 8th (Ferozepore) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General H.A. Abbott
- 1st Dorsetshire Regiment
- 14th Ferozepore Sikhs
- 15th Ludhiana Sikhs15th Ludhiana SikhsThe 15th Ludhiana Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1846, when they were known as the Regiment of Ludhiana. During the Indian Mutiny they were relied upon to hold Benares throughout the period of the Mutiny...
- 19th Punjabis19th PunjabisThe 19th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 19th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
- 9th (Baklok) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General J.A Pollock
- 1st 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Maluan Regt)
- 2nd 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Maluan Regt)
- 1st 4th Gurkha Rifles
- 2nd 4th Gurkha Rifles
- Divisional Battalion
- 34th Sikh Pioneers34th Sikh PioneersThe 34th Sikh Pioneers was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were raised as the Punjab Sappers....
- 34th Sikh Pioneers
- 4th (Quetta) Division4th (Quetta) DivisionThe 4th Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army. It was formed by General Kitchener while he was Commander-in-chief of India. During World War I the division remained in India...
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. V.C. - 11th (Derajat) Infantry Brigade - Colonel C.A. Anderson
- 22nd Punjabis22nd PunjabisThe 22nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 22nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
- 29th Punjabis29th PunjabisThe 29th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 29th Punjabis in 1903 and became 10th Battalion of 15th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1943, it was converted into the 15th Punjab Regimental...
- 55th Coke's Rifles
- 78th Moplah Rifles78th Moplah RiflesThe 78th Moplah Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1794, when they were raised as the 35th Madras Battalion....
- 22nd Punjabis
- 12 (Garwhal) Infantry Brigade - Major General A.C.F. Browne
- 2nd King's Royal Rifles
- 1st Royal Irish Rifles
- 1st 2nd Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles
- 2nd 2nd Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles
- 10th (Sirkind) Infantry Brigade - Major General R.A.P. Clements
- 1st Royal Sussex RegimentRoyal Sussex RegimentThe Royal Sussex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot...
- 1st Gloucestershire Regiment
- 2nd North Staffordshire RegimentNorth Staffordshire RegimentThe North Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was in existence between 1881 and 1959. It can date its lineage back to 1756 with the formation of a second battalion by the 11th Regiment of Foot, which shortly after became the 64th Regiment of Foot...
- 1st Wiltshire RegimentWiltshire RegimentThe Wiltshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 62nd Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment of Foot....
- 1st Royal Sussex Regiment
- Divisional Battalion
- 32nd Sikh Pioneers32nd Sikh PioneersThe 32nd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the Indian Army during British rule. The regiment was founded in 1857 as the Punjab Sappers ....
- 32nd Sikh Pioneers