123rd Outram's Rifles: Difference between revisions

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The 1900s also brought change to its title. The regiment became the '''23rd Bombay Rifles''' in 1901, but only two years later it became the '''123rd Outram's Rifles''' in 1903 as part of the Kitchener reforms of the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]. The renaming was in honour of Lieutenant-General [[James Outram (British officer)|Sir James Outram]] who had served with the regiment as its first [[adjutant]]. In the early 1900s the regiment saw service against [[Las_Anod#Diiriye_Guure| Diiriye Guure]]<ref name="scr">{{cite book |last1=Omar |first1=Mohamed |title=The Scramble in the Horn of Africa |date=2001 |page=402 |quote=This letter is sent by all the Dervishes, the Amir, and all the Dolbahanta to the Ruler of Berbera ... We are a Government, we have a Sultan, an Amir, and Chiefs, and subjects ... (reply) In his last letter the Mullah pretends to speak in the name of the Dervishes, their Amir (himself), and the Dolbahanta tribes. This letter shows his object is to establish himself as the Ruler of the Dolbahanta}}</ref> and his followers in [[British Somaliland]], where it was transferred in late 1902,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest intelligence - Reinforcements for Somaliland|date=29 October 1902 |page=3 |issue=36911}}</ref> while a company was sent to [[Aden]] in 1903.