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== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1803''' 1st company raised by Capt T Wood as Bengal Pioneers | *'''1803''' 1st company raised by Capt T Wood as Bengal Pioneers | ||
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*'''1946''' became King George V's Group of the Royal Indian Engineers | *'''1946''' became King George V's Group of the Royal Indian Engineers | ||
*'''1947''' half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan | *'''1947''' half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bengal_Sappers_and_Miners&redirect=no Bengal Sappers & Miners] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bengal_Sappers_and_Miners&redirect=no Bengal Sappers & Miners] Wikipedia |
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Chronology
- 1803 1st company raised by Capt T Wood as Bengal Pioneers
- 1808 2nd company raised by Capt T Wood as the Company of Miners
- 1819 part of Bengal Pioneers merged with the Company of Miners to form Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1833 remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1843 absorbed Broadfoot's Sappers
- 1847 became Bengal Sappers and Pioneers
- 1851 became Corps of Bengal Sappers and Pioneers
- 1903 became 1st Sappers and Miners
- 1906 became 1st Prince of Wales's Own Sappers and Miners
- 1910 became 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1923 became King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1937 became King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1941 became King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners Group of the Indian Engineers
- 1946 became King George V's Group of the Royal Indian Engineers
- 1947 half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan
External Links
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