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*'''1933''' disbanded | *'''1933''' disbanded | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/48thpioneers.htm 48th Pioneers] British Empire website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/48thpioneers.htm 48th Pioneers] British Empire website | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Pioneers 48th Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014) | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Pioneers 48th Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014) | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Bombay_Pioneers 2nd Bombay Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014) | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Bombay_Pioneers 2nd Bombay Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014) | ||
*Imperial War Museums [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030007535 Catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman]: Ts memoir (331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. An edited version has been published which is now available online, see below. | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933'' by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 | *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211243 ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933''] by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. The photographs are scanned poorly and some of the maps appear to be missing. This book is also available in a reprint edition<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-bombay_pioneers.html ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933''] by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)</ref> | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/capturedatkutpri0000spac/mode/2up ''Captured at Kut. Prisoner of the Turks. The Great War Diaries of Colonel W C Spackman''] edited by Tony Spackman 2008 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. William Collis Spackman, Indian Medical Service was then a young Regimental Medical Officer with the 48th Pioneers. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 02:46, 23 December 2022
Known as 48th Pioneers
Chronology
- 1901 raised as the 48th (Pioneers) Bengal Infantry
- 1901 became the 48th Bengal Pioneers
- 1903 became the 48th Pioneers
- 1921 became the 4th/2nd Bombay Pioneers
- 1929 became the Corps of Bombay Pioneers
- 1933 disbanded
External links
- 48th Pioneers British Empire website
- 48th Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- 2nd Bombay Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- Imperial War Museums Catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman: Ts memoir (331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. An edited version has been published which is now available online, see below.
Historical books online
- History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. The photographs are scanned poorly and some of the maps appear to be missing. This book is also available in a reprint edition[1]
- Captured at Kut. Prisoner of the Turks. The Great War Diaries of Colonel W C Spackman edited by Tony Spackman 2008 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. William Collis Spackman, Indian Medical Service was then a young Regimental Medical Officer with the 48th Pioneers.
References
- ↑ History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)