Madras Sappers and Miners

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1st Madras Pioneers by H Bunnett

Chronology

  • 1780 raised as Madras Pioneers
  • 1831 renamed as Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 1876 renamed Corps of Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 1903 became 2nd Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 1911 became 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 1832 merged with Bengal and Bombay Sappers to form the Corps of Indian Engineers
  • 1947 half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan

External Links

Madras Engineer Group Wikipedia

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