12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers

Known as The Khelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment

Chronology

• 1838 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Shah Shujah’s Force
• 1842 became The Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie
• 1861 became 12th Bengal Native Infantry
• 1864 became 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry
• 1903 became 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers
• 1922 became 2nd/2nd Bombay Pioneers
• 1929 became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers
• 1933 disbanded

External links

• 12th Pioneers British Empire Website
• 12th Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
• 2nd Bombay Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
• Photographs 1919 compiled by Major G A Clarke, 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment), and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Bombay Pioneers. National Army Museum collection 1963-09-633

Historical books online

• History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. This book is also available in a reprint edition