Bombay Sappers and Miners: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
External Link added |
|||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | *'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm Indian Sappers 1740-1947] Royal Engineers Museum. Details of the Bombay Engineers are included. | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Engineer_Group Bombay Engineer Group] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Engineer_Group Bombay Engineer Group] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1402_Bombay_Sappers.htm Bombay Sappers] indiapicks.com | *[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1402_Bombay_Sappers.htm Bombay Sappers] indiapicks.com | ||
Revision as of 05:33, 23 January 2010
Chronology
- 1777 raised by Major Lawrence Nilson as Pioneer Lascars
- 1781 became Bombay Pioneers
- 1820 company of Sappers and Miners raised
- 1826 2nd company of Sappers and Miners raised
- 1829 Sappers and Miners renamed the Engineer Corps
- 1830 Bombay Pioneers absorbed by the Engineer Corps
- 1833 remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1840 renamed as the Bombay Sappers & Miners
- 1903 brought into the Indian Army and became 3rd Bombay Sappers & Miners
- 1921 became the 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
- 1923 became the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
- 1923 became King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External Links
- Indian Sappers 1740-1947 Royal Engineers Museum. Details of the Bombay Engineers are included.
- Bombay Engineer Group Wikipedia
- Bombay Sappers indiapicks.com