Button, 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native (Light) Infantry, 1861-1901

Large, circular brass button by Pitt and Company, St Martin's Lane, London, with the regimental number, '2', surmounted by an Imperial Crown, within a laurel wreath.

The 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native (Light) Infantry was a successor unit of the 31st Bengal Native Infantry and a predecessor unit of the 2nd Regiment of Rajput Infantry which became the 7th Rajput Regiment in 1922.

The 31st Bengal Native Infantry which fought in the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842) and the 2nd Sikh War (1848-1849) remained loyal to the British during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). In 1876 the regiment became the 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Bengal Native Light Infantry.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.