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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/69thpunjabis.htm 69th Punjabis] British Empire website
 
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/69thpunjabis.htm 69th Punjabis] British Empire website
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&pg=PA24 Page 24]  ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma Google Books
 
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*[https://opusculum.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/captain-aubrey-reilly/ Captain Aubrey Reilly, 69th Punjabis] killed in action at Sannaiyat in Mesopotamia on the 22nd February 1917 while attached to the 92nd Punjabis. Opusculum website.
 
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Revision as of 05:08, 22 July 2017

Known as 9th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 69th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1759 raised as 10th Battalion Coast Sepoys
  • 1769 became 10th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1770 became 9th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1784 became 9th Madras Battalion
  • 1796 became 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 9th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 9th Madras Infantry
  • 1903 became 69th Punjab Regiment
  • 1922 became 2nd/2nd Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

British Library holdings

Regimental histories

  • The Golden Galley : the story of the Second Punjab Regiment 1761-1947 by Geoffrey Betham and H.V.R. Geary.
  • The 2nd Punjab Regiment : a brief outline history of its origin, composition and achievements, published by the Regiment c 1943

External Links