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'''Known as 26th Punjabis'''
  
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== External Links ==
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== Chronology ==
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*'''1857''' raised as 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
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*'''1861''' became 26th Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1864''' became 26th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1885''' became 26th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
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*'''1901''' became 26th Punjab Infantry
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*'''1903''' became 26th Punjabis
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*'''1922''' became 2nd/[[15th Punjab Regiment]]
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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/26thpunjabis.htm British Empire Website]
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/26thpunjabis.htm 26th Punjabis] British Empire website
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Punjab_Regiment 15th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
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*[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.
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*[http://www.oldhonitonians.com/colonal-terence-conner-dso-kpm/ Colonel Terence Conner] He was commissioned into the 26th Punjabis at the outbreak of WW1 and remained with the regiment until 1939, apart from periods spent in Burma with the [[Burma Military Police]]. oldhonitonians.com
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*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1998-07-49-1 Letter from Sant Singh Granthi to Colonel G O Turnbull DSO, 14 December 1938]. Sant Singh Granthi was the Sikh priest of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, He was based at Thal Fort in Kohat District, North West Frontier Province. National Army Museum
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*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9605570/Philip-Crosland.html Obituary of Philip Crosland] (1918-2012).  In  October 1938  he joined ''The Statesman'' in Calcutta.  He became a member of the [[Calcutta Light Horse]].  During World War 2 he accompanied the 2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment to Sarawak and other parts of  Borneo from May 1941.  He became a Japanese POW April 1942-September 1945. He rejoined the newspaper after the war and worked there until 1967, ultimately becoming general manager.
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*Klemen L’s [http://oocities.org/dutcheastindies/ Dutch East Indies 1941-1942], now oocities.org, from the archived  [http://web.archive.org/web/20091026235840/http://geocities.com/dutcheastindies/ geocities.com website] includes
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**[http://www.oocities.org/dutcheastindies/sarawak.html The Invasion of British Borneo in 1942]. There is brief mention of the 2/15 Punjab Regiment
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**[http://www.oocities.org/dutcheastindies/borneo_armour.html The Use of Armoured Vehicles on Borneo, 1941-1942] from the section What’s new. There is brief mention of the 2/15 Punjab Regiment
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*[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.
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*[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.
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===Historical books online===
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*[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. 
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: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).
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:During WW1 the regiment served in Hong Kong, [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]] from early 1916, and [[Norperforce|Persia]] from April 1918.
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 04:24, 29 June 2023

26th Punjabis From a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Known as 26th Punjabis

Contents

Chronology

  • 1857 raised as 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
  • 1861 became 26th Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 26th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 26th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 26th Punjab Infantry
  • 1903 became 26th Punjabis
  • 1922 became 2nd/15th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External links

Historical books online

It is also available in a reprint edition,[1] which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in Military Books/India).
During WW1 the regiment served in Hong Kong, Mesopotamia from early 1916, and Persia from April 1918.

References

  1. ↑ History of the 26th Punjabis 1857-1923 by Lieut-Col P. S. Stoney. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.

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