Bengal Sappers and Miners

Chronology

1803 1st company raised by Capt T Wood as Bengal Pioneers
1808 2nd company raised by Capt T Wood as the Company of Miners
1819 part of Bengal Pioneers merged with the Company of Miners to form Bengal Sappers and Miners
1833 remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners
1843 absorbed Broadfoot's Sappers
1847 became Bengal Sappers and Pioneers
1851 became Corps of Bengal Sappers and Pioneers
1903 became 1st Sappers and Miners
1906 became 1st Prince of Wales's Own Sappers and Miners
1910 became 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
1923 became King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
1937 became King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners
1941 became King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners Group of the Indian Engineers
1946 became King George V's Group of the Royal Indian Engineers
1947 half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan