16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

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Known as 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 76th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1776 raised as 16th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1784 became 16th Madras Battalion
  • 1796 became 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 16th Madras Infantry
  • 1903 became 76th Punjab Regiment
  • 1922 became 3rd/1st Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Battle Honours

British Library holdings

Regimental histories

  • A Brief history of the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment : formerly 76th Punjabis, 16th Madras Infantry, 16th Regiment, Madras Native Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 5th Madras Native Infantry, 16th Madras Battalion, 16th Carnatic Battalion, or Lane's Battalion. Variant Title: History of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment. Published 1927 by Gale & Polden, Aldershot. Now available online, see below.
  • The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956 by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958,[1] by Gale & Polden, Aldershot.

Second World War

3/1st Punjab Regiment was part of the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 23/9/39 - 3/1/42. The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was raised at Jhansi on 23 September 1939 from 9th (Jhansi) Brigade. The movements of the Brigade were as follows

India 23/9/39 - 23/9/39
At sea 23/9/39 - 3/10/39
Egypt 3/10/39 - 21/12/40
Sudan and East Africa 21/12/40 - 13/4/41
Egypt 13/4/41 - 8/6/41
Syria 8/6/41 - 10/41
Egypt and Libya 10/41 - 4/42[2]

External links

  • The Battle of Ctesiphon by David Fletcher 14th August 2013 tankmuseum.org, now archived. Mesopotamia, 23/24th November 1915. The 76th Punjabis fought in the battle.
  • Obituary of Lt-Col Charles Boulter 1918-2011 who was awarded the MC in 1941 in the battle for Damascus with the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (3/1 PR). 17 August 2011 The Telegraph, archived.
  • Obituary of Lt-Col Jack Gibson 03 February 2013 The Telegraph. Briefly mentions 3/1st Punjab Regiment at the battle of Keren in 1941 between British and Commonwealth forces and the Italian colonial army defending Eritrea.
  • Obituary of Major Jack Bazzard 28 June 2009 The Telegraph, archived. Mentions D Company, 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in Italy in a fiercely-fought battle in December 1944 near Pergola, south west of Faenza.

Historical books online

References

  1. ↑ For more details, see Chidley, Ann The First Punjab Regiment Rootsweb India Mailing List 23 August 2011, now archived.
  2. ↑ WW2Talk Forum thread 4/6 Rajputana Rifles reply by 'dryan67'. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post Indian Army: An Organisational History (retrieved 11 August 2016)
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