23rd Punjab Pioneers

Chronology

1857 raised as 15th (Pioneer) Regiment of Punjab Infantry Lt R H Shebbeare VC
1861 became 23rd Bengal Native Infantry
1864 became 23rd (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)
1885 became 23rd (Punjab) Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)
1901 became 23rd Punjab Pioneers
1903 became 23rd Sikh Pioneers
1922 became 1st Battalion 3rd Sikh Pioneers
1929 became Corps of Sikh Pioneers
1933 disbanded
1941 re-raised as The Sikh Light Infantry
1947 allocated to India on Partition

23rd Sikh Pioneers British Empire Website
23rd Sikh Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
3rd Sikh Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
Sikh Light Infantry Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
History of the Sikh Light Infantry sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
Regimental Histories sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
Letters of forgotten VC winner found. 27 February 2008 The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 August 2014. Brevet Captain Robert Shebbeare won his medal during the infamous siege of Delhi in September 1857. Afterwards he put together a Sikh regiment, the 15th Punjab, which later saw action in China. Includes photograph with officers of his 15th Punjab regiment.
- Robert Shebbeare Wikipedia
"The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918" by Mark Connelly Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005. pages 65-96. Includes brief mention of 23/Sikh Pioneers