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*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 | *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 | ||
===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. 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> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 10 April 2018
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
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. This book is also available in a reprint edition[1]
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)