The 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs was a

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of the

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; they can trace their origins to the ''Regiment of Ferozepore'' formed in 1846. The regiment had a number of different titles over the following years: the 14th Bengal Native Infantry 1861–1864, the 14th (The Ferozepore) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry 1864–1885, the 14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Ferozepore Sikhs) 1885–1901, the 14th (Ferozepore) Sikh Infantry 1901–1903 and finally, after the

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of the Indian Army in 1903, the 14th Ferozepore Sikhs. The regiment was part of the international force compiled in China to fight the

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...

1900, and left China two years later. Further changes in name followed: the 14th Prince of Wales's Own Ferozepore Sikhs 1906–1910, the 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs 1910–1922. To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the

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. In World War I they took part in the Gallipoli Campaign with the

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and the

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with the

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. In the post

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reforms of the Indian Army they were amalgamated into a large regiment and became the 1st Battalion

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.Sumner p.15 After the independence of India the regiment was allocated to the present-day Indian Army.

Battle and theatre honours

''Lucknow, 1878 Afghanistan, 1878 Ali Masjid, Defence of Chitral 1895, China 1900'', ''The Great War''

Name changes

*Regiment of Ferozepore (1846–1861) *15th Regiment (1861) *14th Bengal Native Infantry (1861–1864) *14th (The Ferozepore) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (1864–1885) *14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Ferozepore Sikhs) (1885–1901) *14th (Ferozepore) Sikh Infantry (1901–1903) *14th Ferozepore Sikhs (1903–1906) *14th Prince of Wales's Own Ferozepore Sikhs (1906–1910) *14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs (1910–1922)

Campaigns

Siege of Lucknow The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British East India Company's Army) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief att ...

Second Anglo-Afghan War The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ps, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the l ...

References

Sources

* * British Indian Army infantry regiments Honourable East India Company regiments Military units and formations of the Boxer Rebellion Military units and formations established in 1846 Military units and formations disestablished in 1922 Bengal Presidency 1846 establishments in British India {{BritishIndia-mil-stub