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.

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
 * F Battery
 * I Battery
 * J Battery
 * T Battery


 * 1st Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General Robert Bellew Adams V.C.
 * 22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry
 * 23rd Cavalry
 * Queens Own Corp of Guides Cavalry


 * 2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel F.S. Garratt
 * 12th Royal Lancers
 * 8th Cavalry
 * 9th Hodson's Horse


 * 3rd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel A. Phayre
 * 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
 * 7th Hariana Lancers
 * 11th Prince of Wales Own Lancers


 * 4th Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General B.T. Mahon
 * 3rd The King's Own Hussars
 * 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers
 * 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)


 * Divisional Cavalry Regiments
 * 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)
 * 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers
 * 25th Cavalry
 * 12th Cavalry


 * Mounted Infantry
 * No. 1 Company
 * No. 2 Company


 * Royal Artillery Brigadier-General J.A. Coxhead
 * Royal Field Artillery
 * 1st Brigade
 * 13th Battery
 * 67th Battery
 * 69th Battery
 * 39th Brigade
 * 46th Battery
 * 51st Battery
 * 54th Battery


 * 45th Brigade
 * 11th Battery
 * 52nd Battery
 * 80th Battery
 * 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
 * Royal Garrison Artillery
 * 71st Company (Heavies)
 * 104th Company (Heavies)


 * 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
 * Telegraph Section, 1st S & M
 * 2nd S & P
 * 3rd S & M


 * Telephone Section 1st S & P


 * 1st (Peshawar) Division Lieutent General Sir, E. Barrow
 * 1st Seaforth Highlanders
 * 2nd Gordon Highlanders
 * 36th Sikhs
 * 38th Dogras


 * 2nd (Nowshera) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General Sir J. Willcocks
 * 1st The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
 * 25th Punjabis
 * 45th Rattray Sikhs
 * 54th Sikhs


 * 3rd (Frontier) Infantry Brigade - Colonel Fenton Aylmer, V.C.
 * 52nd Sikhs
 * 53rd Sikhs
 * 59th Scinde Rifles
 * Queens Own Corps of Guides


 * Divisional Battalion
 * 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs


 * 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division Major General. J.H. Wodehouse
 * 5th (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade - Colonel. H.B. Watkis
 * 25th Punjabis
 * 30th Punjabis
 * 56th Infantry
 * 58th Vaughan's Rifles


 * 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


 * 4th (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade - Colonel. C.W. Park
 * 1st The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
 * 1st Royal Irish Regiment
 * 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers
 * 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers


 * Divisional Battalion
 * 23rd Pioneers


 * 3rd (Lahore) Division Major General Walter Kitchener
 * 7th (Mian Mir) Infantry Brigade - Colonel W. Du Gray
 * 1st Northamptonshire Regiment
 * 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)
 * 21st Punjabis
 * 40th Pathans


 * 8th (Ferozepore) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General H.A. Abbott
 * 1st Dorsetshire Regiment
 * 14th Ferozepore Sikhs
 * 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
 * 19th Punjabis


 * 9th (Baklok) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier General J.A Pollock
 * 1st 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Maluan Regt)
 * 2nd 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Maluan Regt)
 * 1st 4th Gurkha Rifles
 * 2nd 4th Gurkha Rifles
 * Divisional Battalion
 * 34th Sikh Pioneers


 * 4th (Quetta) Division Major General Sir O'Moore Creagh. V.C.
 * 11th (Derajat) Infantry Brigade - Colonel C.A. Anderson
 * 22nd Punjabis
 * 29th Punjabis
 * 55th Coke's Rifles
 * 78th Moplah Rifles


 * 12 (Garwhal) Infantry Brigade - Major General A.C.F. Browne
 * 2nd King's Royal Rifles
 * 1st Royal Irish Rifles
 * 1st 2nd Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles
 * 2nd 2nd Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles


 * 10th (Sirkind) Infantry Brigade - Major General R.A.P. Clements
 * 1st Royal Sussex Regiment
 * 1st Gloucestershire Regiment
 * 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment
 * 1st Wiltshire Regiment


 * Divisional Battalion
 * 32nd Sikh Pioneers