64th Pioneers

Known as 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 64th Pioneers in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1758 formed as 5th Battalion Coast Sepoys
• 1769 became 5th Carnatic Battalion
• 1770 became 4th Carnatic Battalion
• 1784 became 4th Madras Battalion
• 1796 became 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1883 became 4th Madras Native Infantry (Pioneers)
• 1885 became 4th Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
• 1901 became 1st Madras Pioneers
• 1903 became 64th Pioneers
• 1922 became 2nd/1st Madras Pioneers
• 1929 became Corps of Madras Pioneers
• 1933 disbanded

External Links

64th Pioneers regiments.org
64th Pioneers British Empire website
Madras Pioneers Wikipedia