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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
== External Links links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/26thpunjabis.htm 26th Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Punjab_Regiment 15th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/other_cemeteries_ext/labuan_war_cemetery_and_memorial.htm Labuan War Cemetery And Memorial, Malaysia]. In December 1941 the Garrison in North Borneo consisted of the 2/15th Punjab Regiment; they were stationed at Kuching in Sarawak, where there was an airfield, and at Miri, some 400 miles as the crow flies to the north-east.
*[http://www.thestar.com.my/Story/?file=%2F2005%2F7%2F24%2Flifefocus%2F10991652&sec=lifefocus Honourable Guests in hell] by Ooi Keat Gin July 24, 2005 thestar.com. Batu Lintang, now a peaceful campus in Kuching, was a notorious POW camp where members of the 2/15 Punjab Regiment were held. Many died.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/hist-26thpunjabis/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the 26th Punjabis 1857-1923''] by Lieut-Col P. S. Stoney 1924 Archive.org.
:It is also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-the-26th-punjabis-1857-1923/ ''History of the 26th Punjabis 1857-1923''] by Lieut-Col P. S. Stoney. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsGMmlzPc7 online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in Military Books/India).
:During WW1 the regiment served in Hong Kong, [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]] from early 1916, and [[Norperforce|Persia]] from April 1918.
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