121st Pioneers

Chronology

• 1777 raised as the Marine Battalion
• 1818 became the 1st (Marine) Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
• 1824 became The Marine Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry
• 1861 became the 21st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
• 1885 became the 21st Regiment of Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
• 1901 became the 21st Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
• 1903 became 121st Pioneers
• 1922 became 10th (Marine)/2nd Bombay Pioneers
• 1929 became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers
• 1933 disbanded

External Links

• 121st Pioneers Wikipedia
  
• 121st Pioneers British Empire website
  
• 2nd Bombay Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)

Historical books online

• History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 may be read online on the Digital Library of India website. This book is also available in a reprint edition