The 37th (Prince of Wales's Own) Dogras was an infantry regiment of the
British Indian Army. The regiment could trace its origins to 1887, when it was raised as the 37th (Dogra) Bengal Infantry.
The regiment took part in the
Chitral Expedition in 1895 and
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
. During World War I the regiment was in the
14th Indian Division
The 14th Indian Division was formed during World War I, for service in the Mesopotamian Campaign. It was composed of battalions of the Regular British Army, the British Territorial Force and the British Indian Army.
History
The Division now ...
and took part in the
Second Battle of Kut and the
Capture of Baghdad during the
Mesopotamia Campaign
The Mesopotamian campaign was a campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I fought between the Allies represented by the British Empire, troops from Britain, Australia and the vast majority from British India, against the Central Po ...
.
After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion infantry regiments to multi-battalion regiments.
[Sumner p.15] In 1922, the 37th Dogras became the 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own),
17th Dogra Regiment. The regiment was allocated to the new
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four ...
on independence.
Predecessor names
*37th (Dogra) Bengal Infantry - 1887
*37th Dogra Infantry - 1901
*37th Dogras - 1903
References
Sources
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*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum.
British Indian Army infantry regiments
Military units and formations established in 1887
Military units and formations disestablished in 1922
Bengal Presidency
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