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|unit_name= Bombay Artillery (Bombay Artillery Regiment or Bombay Artillery Brigade)
|image=File:Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The Bombay Artillery list of officers,Colonel F. W. M. Spring, William Clowes & Sons, limited, London 1902,frontpiece 1.jpg
|caption= Officer of the Bombay Horse Artillery, 1846
|dates= 1748 to 1862
|country= 
British India
|allegiance=
|branch= 
British Indian Army
|type= Artillery
|role= Artillery Support to Bombay Army and Indian Navy
|size= Brigade
|command_structure= Bombay Army (to 1895)
Bombay Command
|garrison= Bombay Presidency
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|motto= Honour and Glory
|colors= Red; faced deep yellow, 1882 yellow
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|equipment= 6 pounder smoothbore and 5 1/4 howitzers
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|battles= Mahratta War
Egypt 1802
Arabia 1820-1821
Anglo-Burmese
Sind
First Afghan War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Persia
Sepoy Mutiny
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|battle_honours= Hyderabad, Egypt, Kirkee, Beni-boo-ali
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|disbanded= 1862
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|commander1= Captain C. Pemble
|commander1_label= 1762
|commander2= Major General J. Bailie
|commander2_label= 1818-1822
|commander3= Lieutenant-Colonel J. G. Griffith
|commander3_label= 1836-1846
|commander4= Lieutenant-Colonel C. Lucas
|commander4_label= 1861-1862
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The Bombay Artillery was an Artillery regiment or Brigade of the Bombay Presidency of the Honorable East India Company. The regiment originated in 1748, when it was raised as a Company of Artillery.
The regiment consisted of three sections, Horse Artillery, Foot Artillery and Native Artillery which was referred to as Golundauze
The Horse Artillery brigade was formed in November 1811
1st Troop was formed in 1811 and became A Battery 4th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery in 1864 2nd Troop in 1820 and became B Battery 4th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery in 1864 3rd Troop in 1821 and became C Battery 4th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery in 1864 4th Troop in 1824 and became C Battery 4th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery in 1864
Foot Artillery (which used the term Company instead of battery)
1st Company formed 17 June 1748 and designated 1st Battery 18th Brigade Royal Artillery in 1862 2nd Company formed in 1755 and became the 1st Battery 21st Brigade Royal Artillery in 1862 3rd Company formed 1755 and became the 2nd Battery 18th Brigade Royal Artillery in 1862 4th Company formed 1768 and became the 3rd Battery 21st Brigade Royal Artillery in 1862 5th Company formed 1796 and became the 3rd Battery 18th Brigade Royal Artillery in 1862 6th Company formed 1797 and became B Battery 18th Brigade Royal Artillery in 1863 7th Company formed 1802 and became 4th Battery 18th Brigade Royal Artillery in 1862 4th Company 2nd Battalion of Foot Artillery raised in 1820 designated 4th Battery 21st Brigade Royal Artillery in 1862 5th Company 1st Battalion of Foot Artillery raised in 1820 and reduced in 1824 5th Company 2nd Battalion of Foot Artillery raised in 1820 and reduced in 1824
Reserve Foot Artillery
1st Company Reserved Artillery raised in 1857 and designated the 5th Battery 18th Brigade Royal Artillery
The regiment's first action was in the Battle of Ghazni in the First Afghan War. After Afghanistan it took part in the Siege of Multan in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. It returned to Afghanistanin the Second Afghan War and took part in the Siege of Multan. During World War I it was attached to the 6th (Poona) Division and served in the Mesopotamian campaign. It fought in the Battle of Basra, the Battle of Qurna, the Battle of Es Sinn before suffering a setback at the Battle of Ctesiphon, after which it withdrew to Kut. Trapped in the city in the Siege of Kut the regiment was forced to surrender after 147 days.[1] A second battalion was raised from men on leave and reinforcements, and sent to Mesopotamia.[2]
After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single-battalion to multi-battalion regiments.[3] In 1922 the 119th became the 2nd (Mooltan Battalion), 9th Jat Regiment.[4] After independence it was one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army.
Predecessor names
- 1st Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry – 1817
- 19th Bombay Native Infantry – 1824
- 19th Bombay Infantry – 1885
- 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)[5]
References
- ^ Gardner 2004, pp. 307–326.
- ^ Sharma 1990, p. 158.
- ^ Sumner 2001, p. 15.
- ^ Sharma 1990, p. 159.
- ^ Sharma 1990, p. 157.
Sources and further reading
- Barthorp, Michael; Burn, Jeffrey (1979). Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-307-0.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Gardner, Nikolas (2004). "Sepoys and the Siege of Kut-Al-Amara, December 1915-April 1916". War in History. 11 (3): 307–326. doi:10.1191/0968344504wh302oa.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Moberly, FJ (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Rinaldi, Richard A (2008). Order of Battle British Army 1914. Ravi Rikhye. ISBN 0-9776072-8-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Sharma, Gautam (1990). Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army. Allied Publishers. ISBN 81-7023-140-X.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914–1947. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6.
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