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*'''1941''' re-raised as The Sikh Light Infantry
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
==Regimental Historyhistory==''The History of the Sikh Pioneers, 23rd, 32nd, 34th'' by Sir George MacMunn ; assisted by Captain Spurgin. 1936. Available at the [[British Library]]online, see below.
== External links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/23rdpioneers.htm 23rd Sikh Pioneers] British Empire Website
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8907/page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Sikh Pioneers, (23rd, 32nd, 34th)''] by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn, assisted by Captain Spurgin. [1936] Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8907/page/n573/mode/1up Map: An outline of the N.W. Frontier of India] (digital page 573).
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/56/mode/2up "Chapter V"] page 57, ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan'' by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). He was appointed to the 15th Regiment of Punjab Infantry, later called 23rd Pioneers, who departed for China in 1860.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishafrica00johnuoft/page/98 Page 98] ''British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi'' by Sir Harry H Johnston 1897 Archive.org. A Small force of Indian troops was engaged as a nucleus for the police force in Central Africa, from the 23rd and 32nd Pioneers, and Haiderabad Lancers.
