Rawalpindi Parade 1905
The Rawalpindi Parade 1905 was a parade by the British Indian Army held in Rawalpindi, India on 8 December 1905 to honour the Prince and Princess of Wales. The troops were under the Command of Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief India. The Royal party arrived at the parade ground escorted by a Field Officer's escort of 1st Skinner's Horse. They then received a Royal salute and inspected the troops, accompanied by the Commander-in-chief. On conclusion of the inspection, the troops on parade marched past in the following order.[1]
Order of the march past
- Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, Commander-in-Chief India
- Major General Douglas Haig, Inspector-General of Cavalry in India
- 1st (Peshawar) Infantry Brigade - Major General C. H. Des Voeux
- Royal Horse Artillery
- 1st Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General Robert Bellew Adams V.C.
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel F.S. Garratt
- 3rd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel A. Phayre
- 4th Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General B.T. Mahon
- Divisional Cavalry Regiments
- Mounted Infantry
- No. 1 Company
- No. 2 Company[1]
- Royal Artillery Brigadier-General J.A. Coxhead
- Royal Field Artillery
- 1st Brigade
- 13th Battery
- 67th Battery
- 69th Battery[1]
- 39th Brigade
- 46th Battery
- 51st Battery
- 54th Battery[1]
- 45th Brigade
- 11th Battery
- 52nd Battery
- 80th Battery[1]
- Royal Garrison Artillery
- Mountain Division
- 5th Mountain Battery
- 6th Mountain Battery
- 8th Mountain Battery
- 21st Mountain Battery
- 22nd Mountain Battery
- 24th Mountain Battery
- 26th Mountain Battery
- 27th Mountain Battery
- 28th Mountain Battery[1]
- Royal Garrison Artillery
- 71st Company (Heavies)
- 104th Company (Heavies)[1]
- Sappers and Miners Colonel A.E. Sandbach
- 1 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- 2 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- 4 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- 5 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners
- 9 Company, 1st Sappers and Miners[1]
- Telegraph Section, 1st S & M
- 2nd S & P
- 3rd S & M[1]
- Telephone Section 1st S & P[1]
- 1st (Peshawar) Division Lieutent General Sir, E. Barrow
- 2nd (Nowshera) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General Sir J. Willcocks
- 3rd (Frontier) Infantry Brigade - Colonel Fenton Aylmer, V.C.
- Divisional Battalion
- 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division Major General. J.H. Wodehouse
- 5th (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade - Colonel. H.B.B. Watkis
- 6th (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade - Major General J.B. Woon
- 1st 5th Gurkha Rifles
- 2nd 5th Gurkha Rifles
- 1st 6th Gurkha Rifles
- 2nd 6th Gurkha Rifles[1]
- 4th (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade - Colonel. C.W. Park
- Divisional Battalion
- 3rd (Lahore) Division Major General Walter Kitchener
- 7th (Mian Mir) Infantry Brigade - Colonel W. Du Gray
- 8th (Ferozepore) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General H.A. Abbott
- 9th (Baklok) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General J.A Pollock
- Divisional Battalion
- 4th (Quetta) Division Major General Sir O'Moore Creagh. V.C.
- 11th (Derajat) Infantry Brigade - Colonel C.A. Anderson
- 12 (Garwhal) Infantry Brigade - Major General A.C.F. Browne
- 10th (Sirkind) Infantry Brigade - Major General R.A.P. Clements
- Divisional Battalion
References
- Abbott, George Frederick (2009). Through India With the Prince (1906). Kessinger. ISBN 1-104-92594-X.
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