8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry

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'30th & 20th Infantry' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Known as 20th Brownlow's Punjabis

Chronology

• 1857 formed as 8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry by Charles Brownlow from loyal elements of the 4th and 5th Punjab Infantry
• 1861 Brought into Bengal Army replacing 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry which had mutinied
• 1861 renumbered 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1864 became 20th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1883 became 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjab) Bengal Infantry
• 1901 became 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Punjab Infantry
• 1904 became 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)
• 1922 amalgamated with five other regiments to form the 6-battalion 14th Punjab Regiment (2nd Battalion)
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
• 1956 amalgamated into The Punjab Regiment

Battle Honours

• Taku Forts
• Pekin
• Afghanistan 1878-80

• Ali Masjid

• Sobraon
• Egypt 1882

• Tel-el-Kebir

• Punjab Frontier
• China 1900

External Links

Brownlow's Punjabis Wikipedia
20th Brownlow's Punjabis British Empire Website
14th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
The Punjab Regiment Wikipedia