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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/26thpunjabis.htm 26th Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/26thpunjabis.htm 26th Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Punjab_Regiment 15th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Punjab_Regiment 15th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.htmlPakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002
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*[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
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*[http://www.oldhonitonians.com/colonal-terence-conner-dso-kpm/ Colonel Terence Conner] He was commissioned into the 26th Punjabis at the outbreak of WW1 and remained with the regiment until 1939, apart from periods spent in Burma with the [[Burma Military Police]]. oldhonitonians.com
*[http://www.oldhonitonians.com/colonal-terence-conner-dso-kpm/ Colonel Terence Conner] He was commissioned into the 26th Punjabis at the outbreak of WW1 and remained with the regiment until 1939, apart from periods spent in Burma with the [[Burma Military Police]]. oldhonitonians.com
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1998-07-49-1 Letter from Sant Singh Granthi to Colonel G O Turnbull DSO, 14 December 1938]. Sant Singh Granthi was the Sikh priest of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, He was based at Thal Fort in Kohat District, North West Frontier Province. National Army Museum
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1998-07-49-1 Letter from Sant Singh Granthi to Colonel G O Turnbull DSO, 14 December 1938]. Sant Singh Granthi was the Sikh priest of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, He was based at Thal Fort in Kohat District, North West Frontier Province. National Army Museum

Revision as of 06:26, 30 March 2015

26th Punjabis From a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Known as 26th Punjabis

Chronology

  • 1857 raised as 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
  • 1861 became 26th Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 26th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 26th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 26th Punjab Infantry
  • 1903 became 26th Punjabis
  • 1922 became 2nd/15th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

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