26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
Known as 26th Punjabis
Chronology
- 1857 raised as 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1861 became 26th Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 became 26th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
- 1885 became 26th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
- 1901 became 26th Punjab Infantry
- 1903 became 26th Punjabis
- 1922 became 2nd/15th Punjab Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
External Links
- 26th Punjabis British Empire website
- 15th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
- The Telegraph Obituary of Philip Crosland (1918-2012). In October 1938 he joined The Statesman in Calcutta. He became a member of the Calcutta Light Horse. During World War 2 he accompanied the 2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment to Sarawak and other parts of Borneo from May 1941. He became a Japanese POW April 1942-September 1945. He rejoined the newspaper after the war and worked there until 1967, ultimately becoming general manager.
- Klemen L’s Dutch East Indies 1941-1942, now oocities.org, from the archived geocities.com website includes
- The Invasion of British Borneo in 1942. There is brief mention of the 2/15 Punjab Regiment
- The Use of Armoured Vehicles on Borneo, 1941-1942 from the section What’s new. There is brief mention of the 2/15 Punjab Regiment