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*'''1901''' became 32nd Burma Infantry
 
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*'''1922''' became 4th/[[8th Punjab Regiment]] ('''Prince of Wales Own''')
 
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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
 
*'''1956''' merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment ('''4 Baloch Regiment''')
 
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== External Links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/91stpunjabis.htm 91st Punjabis] British Empire website
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==Regimental history==
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*''Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956'' by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537
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:Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.<ref>RobG64. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-punjab-regiment-regimental-history.83313/ 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History] ''WW2Talk Forum''  19 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.</ref>
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== External links ==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160811005455/http://defencejournal.com/2000/jan/8th-punjab.htm 8th Punjab Regiment] from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''.  ''Defence Journal'' Karachi January 2000, now archived.
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/92ndpunjabis.htm 92nd Punjabis] British Empire website
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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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[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 00:30, 22 January 2020

Known as 32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 92nd Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1800 raised as 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 32nd Madras Infantry
  • 1890 became 4th Burma Infantry
  • 1891 became 32nd Regiment (4th Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
  • 1901 became 32nd Burma Infantry
  • 1903 became 92nd Punjab (Light Infantry) Regiment
  • 1922 became 4th/8th Punjab Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  • 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment (4 Baloch Regiment)

Regimental history

  • Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956 by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537
Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.[1]

External links

References

  1. ↑ RobG64. 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History WW2Talk Forum 19 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

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