| 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1759-1922 |
| Country | Indian Empire |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Part of | Bombay Army (to 1895) Bombay Command |
| Colors | Red; faced white |
| Engagements | French Revolutionary Wars Third Anglo-Maratha War First Afghan War 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia Second Afghan War World War I |
The 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1796, when they were raised as the 13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry.
The Grenadiers were part of the Indian army which was sent to Egypt in 1801, to fight against the Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt in the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1818, they fought in the Mahratta Wars, distinguishing themselves at the Battle of Koregaon in the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
In 1824 when they became a regiment in their own right, when they were named the 2nd or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.
In 1840, they took part in the First Afghan War and then the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia which was a punitive expedition carried out by armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia. In 1880, they took part in the Battle of Maiwand during the Second Afghan War. World War I began with them stationed at Muscat, Oman and served in the Mesopotamia Campaign with the 14th Indian Division taking part in the Second Battle of Kut and the Fall of Baghdad (1917). A second battalion was raised in 1917. that served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.[1] In 1922, the 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers became the 2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers. After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army.