Bombay Sappers and Miners

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Including Bombay Engineers

Chronology

  • 1777 raised by Major Lawrence Nilson as Pioneer Lascars
  • 1781 became Bombay Pioneers
  • 1820 company of Sappers and Miners raised
  • 1826 2nd company of Sappers and Miners raised
  • 1829 Sappers and Miners renamed the Engineer Corps
  • 1830 Bombay Pioneers absorbed by the Engineer Corps
  • 1833 remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners
  • 1840 renamed as the Bombay Sappers & Miners
  • 1903 brought into the Indian Army and became 3rd Bombay Sappers & Miners
  • 1921 became the 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 1923 became the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 1923 became King George V's Own Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental Histories

  • Digest of the Services of the Bombay Sappers and Miners by G. H. W O'Sullivan 1895. Available at the British Library.
  • A Short History of the 17th and 22nd Field Companies, Third Sappers and Miners in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918. Available at the Imperial War Museums.
  • History of the 20th (Field) Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners Great War 1914-1918. Available at the Imperial War Museums.
  • A Brief History of the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners. Published Kirkee 1924. Available at the Imperial War Museums.
    • This publication was extended, to include the period up to 1939, by Colonel LO Clark OBE in 1947.

External Links

Historical books online

  • Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note by Colonel H. M. Vibart 1894 Archive.org. Addiscombe was the East India Company Military Academy in England for the training of cadets for the Engineers, Artillery and Infantry.
  • Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 Engineer Corps muster roll in Malabar Google Books
  • History of the Corps of Royal Engineers by Whitworth Porter 1889 Volume 1, Volume 2 Archive.org
  • The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939 - 1947 Laurie and Cecilia Norman (eds.) 1999 Archive.org. For some/all browsers, it is not possible to read the original book online, however the “Full Text” version is available, and other download options are probably available.