Bhopal Battalion

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Known as The Bo-Peeps

Chronology

  • 1859 formed as the Bhopal Levy
  • 1865 became the Bhopal Battalion
  • 1824 became 9th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 9th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
  • 1903 became 9th Bhopal Infantry
  • 1922 became 4th Battalion (Bhopal) 16th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Regimental history

  • Historical Record of the 4th Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment by Major C. C. Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel G. D. Martin MC, Colonel H. H. Smith D.S.O. 1931. Available at the British Library. Also available as a reprint,[1] which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer below.
  • Solah Punjab: The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment. Edited by J. P. Lawford and W. E. Catto 1967. Available at the British Library

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. Historical Record of the 4th Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment by Major C. C. Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel G. D. Martin MC, Colonel H. H. Smith D.S.O. Originally published 1931 and available as a reprint from Naval and Military Press.