Bhopal Battalion
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
- 9th Bhopal Infantry British Empire website
- 16th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
- 16th Punjab Regiment, an extract from John Gaylor's book Sons of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi May 1999, now archived.
- Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957 by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002 orbat.com, now archived.
Historical books online
- 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 is available as a reprint which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, located in Military Books/India. Sample pages Google Books including Contents.
References
- ↑ 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.