Difference between revisions of "1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Madras_Pioneers 1st Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014) | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Madras_Pioneers 1st Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014) | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Pioneers Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Pioneers Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/hidden-histories-the-memorial-at-brigade-road-junction-in-bangalore-salutes-the-heroes-of-a-bygone-era/article6426720.ece "A chapter from the war"] by Allan Moses Rodricks September 19, 2014 ''The Hindu'' Bangalore . A memorial in Bangalore to the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 1st Madras Pioneers who gave their lives in The Great War 1914-1918. | ||
| + | |||
{{#widget:Google PlusOne | {{#widget:Google PlusOne | ||
|size=small | |size=small | ||
Latest revision as of 08:38, 18 August 2016
Known as 1st Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 61st Madras Pioneers in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1758 formed as 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys
- 1769 became 1st Carnatic Battalion
- 1784 became 1st Madras Battalion
- 1796 became 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 1st Madras Native Infantry
- 1883 became 1st Madras Native Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1885 became 1st Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1901 became 1st Madras Pioneers
- 1903 became 61st Madras Pioneers
- 1906 became 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers
- 1910 became 61st King George's Own Pioneers
- 1922 became 1st/1st Madras Pioneers
- 1929 became Corps of Madras Pioneers
- 1933 disbanded
External Links
- 61st King George's Own Pioneers regiments.org
- 61st Pioneers British Empire website
- 61st Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- 1st Madras Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- Madras Pioneers Wikipedia
- "A chapter from the war" by Allan Moses Rodricks September 19, 2014 The Hindu Bangalore . A memorial in Bangalore to the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 1st Madras Pioneers who gave their lives in The Great War 1914-1918.
