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