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*'''1901''' became 22nd Punjab Infantry | *'''1901''' became 22nd Punjab Infantry | ||
*'''1903''' became 22nd Punjabis | *'''1903''' became 22nd Punjabis | ||
*'''1922''' became 3rd/14th Punjab Regiment | *'''1922''' became 3rd/[[14th Punjab Regiment]] | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition | *'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition | ||
==Second World War== | |||
The regiment was in India until September 25th 1940, then Egypt, the Sudan from January 1941, Abyssinia from May 1941, Egypt from April 1942 to October 1942, then Iraq to April 1943. After returning to India, it embarked for Burma December 1943 and remained in this theatre of war, including Imphal , until October 1944 when it returned to India , where it was stationed at [[Bannu]]. <ref> dryan67. | |||
[http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/3rd-14th-punjab-regt-3rd-15th-punjab-regt.60211/ 3rd/14th Punjab Regt & 3rd/15th Punjab Regt] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 16 January 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History] </ref> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/22ndpunjabis.htm 22nd Punjabis] British Empire website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/22ndpunjabis.htm 22nd Punjabis] British Empire website | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Punjab_Regiment 14th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171108094028/http://www.defencejournal.com/aug99/14th-punjab.htm 14th Punjab Regiment], an extract from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''. ''Defence Journal'' Karachi August 1999, now archived. | |||
*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/14punjab.htm 14th Punjab Regiment] Burma Star Association | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032950/http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002
orbat.com, now archived. | |||
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