The Indian Army underwent significant changes in command, organization and composition from the time of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59, to the outbreak of World War I. Prior to the Mutiny, the government of British India was exercised by the East India Company, who divided the country into three Presidencies, each with its own army under its own commander-in-chief. When Lord Kitchener was appointed Commander-in-Chief India in 1902, he undertook a major reorganization of the entire army. This book examines the infantry regiments of the Indian Army, at a time when it saw extensive action in campaigns throughout China, Egypt, the Sudan, Burma and Tibet.
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Packed with specially commissioned artwork, maps and diagrams, the Men-at-Arms series is an unrivalled illustrated reference on the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the world's military forces, past and present.
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Michael Barthorp was educated at Wellington College and was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1946. Demobilized in 1948, he served as a Territorial with the Royal Hampshire Regiment before rejoining the regular army in the Northamptonshire Regiment to continue a family tradition, ending his career with the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1968. He has since published numerous books on the history and costume of the British Army, including nine titles in the Men-at-Arms series. He lives in the Channel Islands.
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Immediately prior to the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 the Government of British India, which stretched from Sind and the Punjab in the west to Burma in the east, was exercised by the East India Company, whose activities were supervised by a Board of Control in London. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
faced dark green, native infantry, white gaiters, facing colour, red trousers, pale buff, light buff, rifle regiment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Punjab Infantry, Frontier Force, Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Regt, National Army Museum, Bengal Army, Central India, Coast Sepoys, Second Afghan War, Punjab Irregular Force, Bengal Native Infantry, Bombay Grenadiers, Baluch Regiment, Bombay Sepoys, Burma Battalion, Burma Infantry, Garhwal Rifles, Madras Pioneers, Carnatic Battalion, Beni Boo Ali, British Army, Carnatic Infantry, Duke of Connaught's Own, Ferozepore Sikhs, Hyderabad Regt New!
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Immediately prior to the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 the Government of British India, which stretched from Sind and the Punjab in the west to Burma in the east, was exercised by the East India Company, whose activities were supervised by a Board of Control in London. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
faced dark green, native infantry, white gaiters, facing colour, red trousers, pale buff, light buff, rifle regiment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Punjab Infantry, Frontier Force, Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Regt, National Army Museum, Bengal Army, Central India, Coast Sepoys, Second Afghan War, Punjab Irregular Force, Bengal Native Infantry, Bombay Grenadiers, Baluch Regiment, Bombay Sepoys, Burma Battalion, Burma Infantry, Garhwal Rifles, Madras Pioneers, Carnatic Battalion, Beni Boo Ali, British Army, Carnatic Infantry, Duke of Connaught's Own, Ferozepore Sikhs, Hyderabad Regt New!
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- Military Police (Serving Your Country) by Green on page 23
- Queen Victoria (First Book) by Robert Green on page 24
- The Indian Mutiny (Wordsworth Military Library) by John Harris on page 45
- The Plains Indians by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
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