being the first battalion of the Indian Army to be deployed on the Siachen Glacier. Affiliations In the year 1990 affiliations of Indian Navy ships were being done with the Indian Army Regiments, INS Ranvijay was affiliated with the Dogra Regiment in 1997. Apart from this, the Dogras are also affiliated with the Regiment of Artillery (14 Medium Regiment and 15 Medium Regiment). Battle honours Two battalions of the 17th Dogra Regiment (the 2nd and 3rd), also fought in the Malayan Campaign. After the Fall of Singapore, a large number of the captured troops later went on to join the Indian National Army. Pre-independence Combined battle honours of 37th (Prince of Wales's Own) Dogras, 38th Dogras, 41st Dogras: World War I La Bassée 1914 Festubert 1914–1915 Givenchy 1914 Neuve Chapelle Aubers France and Flanders 1914–15 Egypt 1915 Megiddo Nablus Palestine 1918 Tigris 1916 Kut al-Amara 1917 Wadi El Hanna Baghdad Mesopotamia 1915–18 Aden Megiddo – 1918 Nablus – 1918 Palestine – 1918 North-West Frontier 1915–1917 Afghanistan 1919 World War II Kota Bharu Malaya 1941–42 Singapore 1941–42 Donbaik Wrencat Nunshigum Magwe Kennedy Peak Burma 1942–45 Post-independence Jhangar 1947 Barwali 1947 Rajauri 1947 Jammu and Kashmir 1947–48 Hajipir Raja Picquet-Chand Tekri OP Hill (NL 1053) Tiger Hill-1999 Uri Poonch Jammu and Kashmir 1965 Asal Uttar Dograi Punjab 1965 Suadhi Siramani Chauddagram East Pakistan 1971 Ferozpur Dera Baba Nanak Colonels of the Dogra Regiment Lieutenant General Kalwant Singh Lieutenant General M.S. Pathania PVSM Major General M.G. Hazari PVSM, AVSM Major General Mohan Lal PVSM Lieutenant General P.N. Hoon PVSM, AVSM, SM Lieutenant General V.K. Jetley PVSM, VSM Lieutenant General V.K. Sood PVSM, AVSM, PhD Lieutenant General Sher Amir Singh PVSM, AVSM Lieutenant General H.S. Bedi PVSM, VSM Lieutenant General Surjit Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM General N.C. Vij PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, ADC Lieutenant General S.S. Sanga PVSM, AVSM, VSM, SM Lieutenant General J.K. Mohanty PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, SM, ADC Lieutenant General Jasbir Singh Dhaliwal PVSM, AVSM, VSM Lieutenant General A.K. Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, SM Lieutenant General G.S. Dhillon PVSM, VSM, YSM, SM Brig Jagmohan Varma, SM, VSM Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh AVSM**, YSM, SM Lieutenant General Jai Singh Nain AVSM,SM Gallantry Awards Before Indian independence, the Dogras had to their credit two Victoria Crosses and 44 Military Crosses besides 312 other awards including 2 unit Citations. Some awardees are like : Brigadier John Alexander Sinton VC – 37th Dogras Lance Naik Lala