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26th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
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Also known as the Dhobi-ka-Pultan (Laundry Battalion) as Captain Byrne enlisted a number of washermen from neighbouring villages.
Chronology
- 1778 raised as 33rd Battalion at Cawnpore by Captain John Byrne
- 1781 became the 26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1784 returned to Bengal under Captain Richard Scott
- 1796 absorbed by the 11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1824 1st Battalion became 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major E Wyatt; 2nd Battalion became 17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major H Nicholson
External links
Historical books online
- Memoir of the late Lieut.-Colonel Richard Scott (From his Private Journals) from The Naval and Military Magazine Volumes 1, 2 and 3 1827-1828 Google Books and Archive.org
- Part 1– Appointed 1768, Part 2- Sir Eyre Coote's Campaigns of 1781, 1782, and 1783, Part 3- Campaigns in India –includes General Stuart's Operations; General Goddard's March; and the Proceedings of the Bombay Army and its Government, Part 4- includes Popham’s Capture of Gwalior; General Goddard’s Operations, Campaigns of Lord Cornwallis, Siege of Bangalore, Part 5 March to Seringapatum
- "Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Scott" from The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1, page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books