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==Regimental history== | ==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 | *''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.<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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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/92ndpunjabis.htm 92nd Punjabis] British Empire website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/92ndpunjabis.htm 92nd Punjabis] British Empire website | ||
*[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. | *[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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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
- 8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
- 8th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi January 2000, now archived.
- 92nd Punjabis British Empire website
- 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.
References
- ↑ RobG64. 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History WW2Talk Forum 19 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
