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==Regimental history== | ==Regimental history== | ||
''A History of the 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, 1857-1937. Compiled from the Battalion's Digest of Service and other official documents'' by Lieut.-Colonel J. E. Shearer (Johnston Evelyn) 1937. | ''A History of the 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, 1857-1937. Compiled from the Battalion's Digest of Service and other official documents'' by Lieut.-Colonel J. E. Shearer (Johnston Evelyn) 1937. Now available online, see below. | ||
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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/1stbatt15thpunjabreg ''A History of the 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, 1857-1937] Compiled from the Battalion's Digest of Service and other official documents'' by Lieut.-Colonel J. E. Shearer 1937 Archive.org | |||
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32184/supplement/159 "Despatch from General Sir G.F. Milne Commanding in Chief, the Army of The Black Sea dated 11 August 1920"] ''The London Gazette Supplement'' Publication date: 7 January 1921 Supplement: 32184 Pages: 159-175. From the date of the signature of the Armistice with Turkey to the date of the signature of the Turkish Peace Treaty (10th August 1920). Indian Army regiments mentioned: [[28th Light Cavalry]], [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjabis]], 1/[[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry |21st Punjabis]], 1/25th Punjabis and 1/[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force |54th Sikhs]]. | *[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32184/supplement/159 "Despatch from General Sir G.F. Milne Commanding in Chief, the Army of The Black Sea dated 11 August 1920"] ''The London Gazette Supplement'' Publication date: 7 January 1921 Supplement: 32184 Pages: 159-175. From the date of the signature of the Armistice with Turkey to the date of the signature of the Turkish Peace Treaty (10th August 1920). Indian Army regiments mentioned: [[28th Light Cavalry]], [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjabis]], 1/[[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry |21st Punjabis]], 1/25th Punjabis and 1/[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force |54th Sikhs]]. | ||
**Also see [[Norperforce]] | **Also see [[Norperforce]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:14, 27 September 2025
Known as 25th Punjabis
Chronology
- 1857 raised as 17th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1861 became 25th Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 became 25th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
- 1885 became 25th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
- 1901 became 25th Punjab Infantry
- 1903 became 25th Punjabis
- 1922 became 1st/15th Punjab Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
Regimental history
A History of the 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, 1857-1937. Compiled from the Battalion's Digest of Service and other official documents by Lieut.-Colonel J. E. Shearer (Johnston Evelyn) 1937. Now available online, see below.
External Links
- 25th Punjabis British Empire website
- Two Soldiers of the 25th Punjab Infantry - Unfinished Watercolor 1887
- 15th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
- Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957 by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002 orbat.com, now archived.
- Obituary: John Prendergast 1910-2008 The Telegraph 03 March 2008, archived. He took part in the Arakan (Burma) campaign (WW2) as second in command of 1/15th Punjab Regiment ( 1/15 PR) then was given command of 3/6th Rajputana Rifles, part of 19th Indian Division (in Burma). He was awarded a DSO for the Burma campaign. His books include an autobiography Prender’s Progress: a soldier in India, 1931-47, published 1979, now available online, see below.
Historical books online
- A History of the 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, 1857-1937 Compiled from the Battalion's Digest of Service and other official documents by Lieut.-Colonel J. E. Shearer 1937 Archive.org
- "Despatch from General Sir G.F. Milne Commanding in Chief, the Army of The Black Sea dated 11 August 1920" The London Gazette Supplement Publication date: 7 January 1921 Supplement: 32184 Pages: 159-175. From the date of the signature of the Armistice with Turkey to the date of the signature of the Turkish Peace Treaty (10th August 1920). Indian Army regiments mentioned: 28th Light Cavalry, 19th Punjabis, 1/21st Punjabis, 1/25th Punjabis and 1/54th Sikhs.
- Also see Norperforce
- Prender's Progress : a Soldier in India, 1931-47 by John Prendergast 1979 Archive.org Texts to Borrow.