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24th Punjabi troops took part in the Boxer Rebellion, or [[3rd China War]], and were awarded the China Medal with Relief of Pekin clasp.<ref>Cassandra. [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1087#p66154 Indian troops in the Boxer Rebellion, 1900] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 3 May 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.</ref>
==First World War==
Regimental history: ''War Records of the 24th Punjabis 1914-20: 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment'' by A. B. Haig, previously Commanding Officer of the Regiment. First published 1934. <br>Available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.
The regiment fought in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign|campaign in Mesopotamia]] (today’s Iraq) from April 1915. It took part in the battle of Shaiba, the advance to Ctesiphon, and the retreat to Kut-al-Amara that followed. The 24th was effectively destroyed in the subsequent siege. The survivors were compelled to surrender when General Sir Charles Townshend capitulated in April 1916 and subsequently suffered greatly in [[Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)|Turkish captivity]]. The Regiment was subsequently reformed with new personnel and again served in Mesopotamia – and later in [[Salonika]], [[Norperforce|south Russia and Anatolia]] between 1917 and 1920.<refname=RWP>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-records-of-the-24th-punjabis-1914-204th-battalion-14th-punjab-regiment/ ''War Records of the 24th Punjabis 1914-20: 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment''] by A. B. Haig. Naval & Military Pressreprint edition.</ref>
== External links ==
*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/14punjab.htm 14th Punjab Regiment] Burma Star Association
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032950/http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002
orbat.com, now archived.
===Historical books online===*''War Records of the 24th Punjabis 1914-20: 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment'' by A. B. Haig, previously Commanding Officer of the Regiment, first published 1934, is available in a reprint edition,<ref name=RWP/> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvscqR4tAqq online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in World War II/Military Books/India).
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