that the Bombay Presidency ordered the permanent raising of a grenadier battalion which duly took place on 12 March 1779, thirty-six years before the first time that a British battalion was given the honour of calling itself "grenadiers". The Governor General of Bombay made an Order dated 12 November 1779, according to which the grenadier companies of the following regiments combined to form the very first Grenadier Regiment in the world, namely "The Grenadier Battalion, First Regiment of Infantry": 1st Sepoy Battalion 2nd Sepoy Battalion 3rd Sepoy Battalion 4th Sepoy Battalion 5th Sepoy Battalion 6th Sepoy Battalion Marine Battalion (two companies of grenadiers) 4th Bombay Grenadiers The 4th Bombay Grenadiers were an infantry regiment of the pre-independence Indian Army, formed on 1 March 1922 as part of the reforms of the Indian Army that took place after the end of the First World War. Following this, the Regiment spent the next fifteen years serving in the British Somaliland protectorate in present-day Somaliland, as well as in China and on the North-West Frontier. The 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions were all disbanded and the 10th Battalion amalgamated with the 10th Battalion, Jat Regiment to form a Combined Training Centre at Bareilly. Following the Second World War they were one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army and renamed The Grenadiers The regiment consisted of six battalions, all former regiments themselves. These were: 1st Battalion - Formerly the 101st Grenadiers. 2nd Battalion - Formerly the 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers 3rd Battalion - Formerly the 108th Infantry 4th Battalion - Formerly the 109th Infantry 5th Battalion - Formerly the 112th Infantry 10th (Training) Battalion - Formerly the 113th Infantry Second World War At the beginning of the Second World War there were only two battalions of the Regiment, the 1st and 2nd. This was soon changed, though, as a number of battalions were raised for wartime service, including: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 14th, 25th, 26th and 27th Battalions. The 10th (Training Battalion) was also de-linked from the Jat Regiment. Some of these battalions were to be garrison or rear area troops only, while others went on to serve with distinction in a number of theatres during the war including the Middle East and Burma, notably during the Arakan campaigns and at Kohima. The 4th Grenadiers formed the motorised infantry element of the Indian Armoured and Tank brigades, distinguishing themselves as