32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
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Known as 32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 92nd Punjabis in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1800 raised as 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1885 became 32nd Madras Infantry
- 1890 became 4th Burma Infantry
- 1891 became 32nd Regiment (4th Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
- 1901 became 32nd Burma Infantry
- 1903 became 92nd Punjab (Light Infantry) Regiment
- 1922 became 4th/8th Punjab Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment (4 Baloch Regiment)
Regimental history
- Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956 by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537
- Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.[1]
External links
- 8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
- 8th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi January 2000, now archived.
- 92nd Punjabis British Empire website
- Captain Aubrey Reilly, 69th Punjabis killed in action at Sannaiyat in Mesopotamia on the 22nd February 1917 while attached to the 92nd Punjabis. Opusculum website.
References
- ↑ RobG64. 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History WW2Talk Forum 19 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
