CleanupBot at 04:39, 8 July 2023

2023-07-08T04:39:39Z

New page

{{More citations needed|date=May 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=112th Infantry
| image=Rajputana infantry aclovett.jpg
| image_size = 300
|caption=A depiction of a subadar of the 112th Infantry (third from right) amongst other British Indian Army troops
|dates=1796–1922
|country={{flag|British India|23px}}
|allegiance=
|branch={{army|British India|23px}}
|type=Infantry
|role=
|size=
|command_structure=[[Bombay Army]] (to 1895) [[Bombay Command]]
|garrison=
|garrison_label=
|nickname=
|patron=
|motto=
|colors=Red; faced deep buff, 1884 yellow
|colors_label=
|march=
|mascot=
|equipment=
|equipment_label=
|battles=[[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] conquest of [[Sindh]] [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] [[World War I]] [[Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)]]
|anniversaries=
|decorations=
|battle_honours=
|battle_honours_label=
|disbanded=
|flying_hours=
|website=

|commander1=
|commander1_label=
|commander2=
|commander2_label=
|commander3=
|commander3_label=
|commander4=
|commander4_label=
|notable_commanders=

|identification_symbol=
|identification_symbol_label=
|identification_symbol_2=
|identification_symbol_2_label=
|identification_symbol_3=
|identification_symbol_3_label=
|identification_symbol_4=
|identification_symbol_4_label=
}}
The '''112th Infantry''' were an infantry regiment of the [[East India Company]]'s [[Bombay Army]] and later the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment traces their origins to 1796, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.

The regiments first action was on the [[Battle of Khadki]] in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]]. They also took part in the [[Battle of Miani]] and the [[Battle of Hyderabad]] during the conquest of [[Sindh]]. They next took part in the [[Central India Campaign (1858)|central Indian campaign]] after the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. During [[World War I]] they were attached to the [[17th Indian Division]] in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]]. They were involved in the action at [[Fat-ha Gorge]] on the [[Little Zab]] and the [[Battle of Sharqat]] in October 1918.<ref>{{cite web|title=warpath |url=http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/12_ind_div.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084906/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/12_ind_div.htm |archive-date=2008-05-17 }}</ref>

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 112th Infantry became the 3rd Battalion [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]. After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].

== Predecessor names ==
*2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry – 1796
*12th Bombay Native Infantry – 1824
*12th Bombay Infantry – 1885
*112th Infantry – 1903

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book|last1=Barthorp|first1=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian infantry regiments 1860–1914|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=978-0-9776072-8-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914–1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}
*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum. {{ISBN|1-870423-30-5}}

{{#seo:
|keywords=British Indian Army infantry regiments, Bombay Presidency, Military units and formations established in 1796, Military units and formations disestablished in 1922, 1796 establishments in British India
|description=
}}

[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Bombay Presidency]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1796]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]
[[Category:1796 establishments in British India]]

112th Infantry - Revision history

CleanupBot at 04:39, 8 July 2023