Second World War
Machine Gun Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment
Formed 15 April 1942 at Agra.
Delhi Independent Brigade Area – 15 April 1942 to November 1942
It was raised as a M-G Battalion at Agra on April 15th, 1942, but changed to infantry on August 1st, 1942 as the 9th Battalion.
75th Indian Infantry Brigade – November 1942 to August 1943
It left Agra in November 1942 and came under command of 75th Indian Infantry Brigade at Wah
Razmak Brigade – August 1943 to March 1945
In August 1943 it left the 75th Brigade to go to Razmak.
Peshawar Brigade – March 1945 to 31 August 1945
In March 1945 it moved to Peshawar for the rest of the war. It disbanded on July 16th, 1946.
Sources
- Ryan, David A. (2016). Machine Gun Battalions [online]. Available from: http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/machine-gun-battalions.60788/page-2#post-704255. Accessed: 3 January 2017.