page_title: Imperial Service Troops
hierarchical_section_title: Imperial Service Troops
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of British Empire in the East, showing British India (red) and the princely states of India (green), British protectorates (purple) and dependencies (pink), and the Australian League of Nations mandate of New Guinea (black).
context_page_description: The Imperial Service Troops were forces raised by the princely states of the British Indian Empire. These troops were available for service alongside the Indian Army when such service was requested by the British government. At the beginning of the 20th century, their total numbers were about 18,000 men.
  The troops were routinely inspected by British army officers and generally had the same equipment as soldiers in the British Indian Army. Although their numbers were relatively small, the Imperial Service Troops were employed in China and British Somaliland in the first decade of the 20th century, and later saw action in the First World War and Second World War.
context_section_description: The Imperial Service Troops were forces raised by the princely states of the British Indian Empire. These troops were available for service alongside the Indian Army when such service was requested by the British government. At the beginning of the 20th century, their total numbers were about 18,000 men.
  The troops were routinely inspected by British army officers and generally had the same equipment as soldiers in the British Indian Army.  Although their numbers were relatively small, the Imperial Service Troops were employed in China and British Somaliland in the first decade of the 20th century, and later saw action in the First World War and Second World War.
caption: The British Empire in the East, 1919, showing the princely states coloured green, British India coloured red
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