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
• Governor General's Bodyguard, Madras
• Governor General's Bodyguard, Bombay
• Governor General's Bodyguard, Bengal
• 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
• The Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles
• The Surma Valley Light Horse
• The United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment)
• The United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)

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 Allahabad Rifles
• The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
• 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
• The Burma Railways Battalion
• The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion
• The Calcutta Presidency Battalion
• The Calcutta Scottish
• The Cawnpore Rifles
• The Coorg and Mysore Company
• The Delhi Contingent
• The East Coast Battalion
• The East Indian Railway Regiment
• The Eastern Bengal Company
• The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion
• The Great Indian Peninsula 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 Nilgiri Malabar Battalion
• The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
• The North Western Railway Battalion
• The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
• The Poona Rifles
• The Punjab Rifles
• The Rangoon Battalion
• The Simla Rifles
• The Sind Rifles
• The South Indian Railway Battalion
• The Tenasserim Battalion
• The Upper Burma Battalion

Indian Territorial Force

• University Training Corps
• Urban Infantry

The Frontier Corps

• The Gilgit Scouts
• The Chitral Scouts
• The Kurram Militia
• The Tochi Scouts
• The South Waziristan Scouts
• The Zhob Militia
• The Pishin Scouts (1946–47)
• Khyber Rifles

Military Police and North-East Frontier units

• The Malabar Special Police
• Burma Military Police
• The Eastern Frontier Rifles, (Bengal Military Police)
• Assam Rifles

Services

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

Support Arms

• Mountain Artillery
• 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)
• 4th Burma Sappers and Miners (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

• Women's Army Corps (India)

• 42nd Cavalry
• 43rd Cavalry
• 44th Cavalry
• 45th Cavalry
• 46th Cavalry
• 47th Cavalry
• 48th Cavalry
• Indian Long Range Squadron

• 21st Regiment
• 22nd Regiment
• 23rd Regiment
• 24th Regiment
• 25th Ajmer Regiment
• Kumaon Rifles
• 151 (British) Parachute Battalion
• 152 (Indian) Parachute Battalion
• 153 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion
• 154 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion
• Indian Parachute Regiment
• Indian Ordnance and Mechanical Engineers
• Indian Hospital Corps 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)