Difference between revisions of "23rd Punjab Pioneers"
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*'''1901''' became '''23rd Punjab Pioneers''' | *'''1901''' became '''23rd Punjab Pioneers''' | ||
*'''1903''' became 23rd Sikh Pioneers | *'''1903''' became 23rd Sikh Pioneers | ||
| − | *'''1922''' became 1st Battalion 3rd Sikh Pioneers | + | *'''1922''' became 1st Battalion [[3rd Sikh Pioneers]] |
*'''1929''' became Corps of Sikh Pioneers | *'''1929''' became Corps of Sikh Pioneers | ||
*'''1933''' disbanded | *'''1933''' disbanded | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/23rdpioneers.htm 23rd Sikh Pioneers] British Empire Website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/23rdpioneers.htm 23rd Sikh Pioneers] British Empire Website | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Sikh_Pioneers 23rd Sikh Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014) | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Light_Infantry Sikh Light Infantry] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014) | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20090309055254/http://sikhli.info/index.php/history History of the Sikh Light Infantry] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014) | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20090310000912/http://sikhli.info/index.php/publications Regimental Histories] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014) | ||
*[http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96. Includes brief mention of 23/Sikh Pioneers | *[http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96. Includes brief mention of 23/Sikh Pioneers | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 29 April 2014
Chronology
- 1857 raised as 15th (Pioneer) Regiment of Punjab Infantry Lt R H Shebbeare VC
- 1861 became 23rd Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 became 23rd (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1885 became 23rd (Punjab) Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1901 became 23rd Punjab Pioneers
- 1903 became 23rd Sikh Pioneers
- 1922 became 1st Battalion 3rd Sikh Pioneers
- 1929 became Corps of Sikh Pioneers
- 1933 disbanded
- 1941 re-raised as The Sikh Light Infantry
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External Links
- 23rd Sikh Pioneers British Empire Website
- 23rd Sikh Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- Sikh Light Infantry Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- History of the Sikh Light Infantry sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- Regimental Histories sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918" by Mark Connelly Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005. pages 65-96. Includes brief mention of 23/Sikh Pioneers
