A battalion in India unknown 1916

[themonsstar]

I'm not sure which battalion this would be, so I've tried to give as much information as I can from the back or front of each postcard.

[Heid the Ba]

Can you get a close up of the band?  I can't see pipers which would rule out some regiments. 

[Heid the Ba]

Also, I can't see any information from the back of the postcards, was that posted and I'm missing it or is the only info what is on the front?

[James A Pratt III]

there is a site that has the 1914 order of battle for the British army  marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info that appears to be down now. This amy id the unit . I realize a number of regular battalions were sent outside India and were replaced by war raised units.

[MaureenE]

There were many British Army regiments in India. See the paged from the January 1917 Indian Army List.

https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284989/2015.284989.Indian-Army#page/n331/mode/2up

 

No location is given for the regiment, but a Regimental District number, and a District Number is quoted. From memory, I think someone on this Forum said the Regimental District No was where the Depot in England was, but I could be wrong on this point.

 

The District number may POSSIBLY be the same as this 1928 map, where Katgodam (Kathgodam) is located in District 7

https://web.archive.org/web/20131117010231/http://www.retronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/India-railways-and-Cantonments-1928.jpg

 

The only Regiment I can see in District 7 is  1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, but this must be only a possible identification.

 

More online Indian Army Lists may be found on the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Indian Army List online.

https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Indian_Army_List_online

 

Cheers

Maureen