12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers

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Known as The Khelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment

Chronology

  • 1838 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Shah Shujah’s Force
  • 1842 became The Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie
  • 1861 became 12th Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry
  • 1903 became 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers
  • 1922 became 2nd/2nd Bombay Pioneers
  • 1929 became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers
  • 1933 disbanded

External links

  • 12th Pioneers British Empire Website
  • 12th Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
  • 2nd Bombay Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
  • Photographs 1919 compiled by Major G A Clarke, 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment), and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Bombay Pioneers. National Army Museum collection 1963-09-633

Historical books online

References

  1. History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)