Bombay Sappers and Miners
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Including Bombay Engineers
Chronology
- 1777 raised by Major Lawrence Nilson as Pioneer Lascars
- 1781 became Bombay Pioneers
- 1820 company of Sappers and Miners raised
- 1826 2nd company of Sappers and Miners raised
- 1829 Sappers and Miners renamed the Engineer Corps
- 1830 Bombay Pioneers absorbed by the Engineer Corps
- 1833 remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1840 renamed as the Bombay Sappers & Miners
- 1903 brought into the Indian Army and became 3rd Bombay Sappers & Miners
- 1921 became the 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
- 1923 became the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
- 1923 became King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External Links
- Pioneer Regiments in the Indian Army from Pioneer(military) Wikipedia
- Indian Sappers 1740-1947 Royal Engineers Museum previous website, now archived. Details of the Bombay Engineers are included.
- Bombay Engineer Group Wikipedia
- Bombay Sappers indiapicks.com
- Military Engineers in India in the 20th Century from Royal Engineers and Engineers of the British Empire and Commonwealth
Historical books online
- Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note by Colonel H. M. Vibart 1894 Archive.org. Addiscombe was the East India Company Military Academy in England for the training of cadets for the Engineers, Artillery and Infantry.
- Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 Engineer Corps muster roll in Malabar Google Books
- History of the Corps of Royal Engineers by Whitworth Porter 1889 Volume 1, Volume 2 Archive.org
