The 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.

After the partition of India in 1947, it was allocated to the new Indian Army and renamed The Garhwal Rifles.

[1] The Regiment saw active service in almost all of the theatres of the war, including: Burma, Malaya, Egypt, Iraq, Eritrea, Abyssinia.

[2] Many soldiers of 5/18 Garhwal Rifles deployed in Malaya, left and joined Indian National Army and fought in Burma against the British from 1942 to 1945.

[1] Following the war the 1st and 3rd Battalions served briefly in a garrison role in Sumatra and Italy before returning to India.