Collar badge, 95th Russell's Infantry, 1903-1922

White metal badge with a demi-lion holding a cross crosslet fitchy.

The 95th Russell's Infantry traced its lineage to 1813 when it was raised by Sir Henry Russell as the 2nd Battalion, Russell's Brigade. In 1826 it was renamed 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Nizam's Army, and in 1854 it became the 2nd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent. The regiment was renamed as the 95th Russell's Infantry as part of Lord Kitchener's major reforms of the Indian Army in 1903.

In 1914 the regiment comprised of three companies of Rajputs, three companies of Hindustani Muslims, and one company of Punjabi Ahirs, and was stationed in Bombay. The regiment stayed in India for the first three years of World War One (1914-1918), transferring to Mesopotamia in the Autumn of 1917. In December 1918 the unit transferred to Salonika and from there moved to Turkey where it participated in the post-war occupation.

In January 1918 a 2nd Battalion, 95th Russell's Infantry was raised and was attached to the 2nd Indian Infantry Brigade, Waziristan Force for service on the North West Frontier before being disbanded in February 1921.

After World War One, the Indian Army shifted from single battalion infantry regiments to multi-battalion regiments, and in 1922 the 95th Russell's Infantry became the 10th (Training) Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.