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
"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