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*'''1922''' became 3rd/[[15th Punjab Regiment]] | *'''1922''' became 3rd/[[15th Punjab Regiment]] | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition | *'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition | ||
==Second World War== | |||
The regiment was in India until June 1940, then alternated between Aden and British Somaliland until May 1942, then Persia to January 1943, followed by Iraq and Syria to September 1943. The regiment arrived in Italy in September 1943 and remained until June 1945 when it returned to India.<ref>dryan67. [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/60211-3rd14th-punjab-regt-3rd15th-punjab-regt/?p=695920 3rd/14th Punjab Regt & 3rd/15th Punjab Regt] WW2Talk Forum 16 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/52920-indian-army-an-organisational-history Indian Army: An Organisational History] </ref> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/27thpunjabis.htm 27th Punjabis] British Empire website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/27thpunjabis.htm 27th Punjabis] British Empire website | ||
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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/502022.html 1/2nd & 3/15th Punjabis in Somaliland, July 1940 – March 1941] from Harry’s Africa by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com | *[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/502022.html 1/2nd & 3/15th Punjabis in Somaliland, July 1940 – March 1941] from Harry’s Africa by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com | ||
**[http://www.somalinz.org/news-updates/somalia-fighting-colonialism/ Somalia Fighting Colonialism] somalinz.org | **[http://www.somalinz.org/news-updates/somalia-fighting-colonialism/ Somalia Fighting Colonialism] somalinz.org | ||
*[http://prints.rmg.co.uk/art/506014/Armed_boarding_vessel_HMS_Chakdina_1914_under_way_en_route_Aden Photograph 1941: Armed boarding vessel HMS 'Chakdina' (1914) under way en route Aden to Assab with the 15th Punjab Regiment on board] Royal Museums, Greenwich. Probably the 3/15 Punjab Regiment. Assab | *[http://prints.rmg.co.uk/art/506014/Armed_boarding_vessel_HMS_Chakdina_1914_under_way_en_route_Aden Photograph 1941: Armed boarding vessel HMS 'Chakdina' (1914) under way en route Aden to Assab with the 15th Punjab Regiment on board] Royal Museums, Greenwich. Probably the 3/15 Punjab Regiment. Assab is a port city, then Italian now in Eritrea (Southern Red Seas region) | ||
*[http://www.theobservationpost.com/blog/?tag=italy Lt Harry Goslin RA: a fallen Wanderer at the Moro River] Cheti Province, Italy, December 1943. Harry Goslin was a Forward Observation Officer attached to the 3rd Battalion of the 15th Punjabi Regiment. | *[http://www.theobservationpost.com/blog/?tag=italy Lt Harry Goslin RA: a fallen Wanderer at the Moro River] Cheti Province, Italy, December 1943. Harry Goslin was a Forward Observation Officer attached to the 3rd Battalion of the 15th Punjabi Regiment. | ||
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