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Known as '''40th Pathans'''== Chronology ==*'''1858''' raised as the Shahjehanpur Levy *'''1861''' became the 40th Bengal Native Infantry*'''1864''' became the 40th (Shahjehanpur) Bengal Native Infantry*'''1885''' became the 40th (Shahjehanpur) Bengal Infantry*'''1890''' became the 40th (Baluch) Bengal Infantry*'''1892''' became the 40th (Pathan) Bengal Infantry*'''1901''' became the 40th Pathan Infantry*'''1903''' became the '''40th Pathans'''*'''1922''' amalgamated with the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 24th Punjabis to become 5th Battalion [[14th Punjab Regiment]]*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition and renamed the Punjab Regiment ==Regimental histories==*''The 40th Pathans In The Great War'', published 1921, Lahore. Available at the Imperial War Museums. Also available in a reprint edition,<ref name=PGR >[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/40th-pathans-in-the-great-war/ ''40th Pathans In The Great War''] Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.*''History of the 5th Battalion-Pathans-14th Punjab Regiment, formerly 40th Pathans-“the Forty Thieves.” '' by Major R. S. Waters. [With plates.] London 1936. Available at the [[British Library]] and the Imperial War Museums. ==First World War service==The regiment served on the western front in France and Flanders during the [[First World War]]. On arrival at the front from Hong Kong in April 1915, the 40th Pathans took part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, suffering 320 casualties on one day alone. Later that year they took part in the battles of Aubers Ridge and Loos before leaving in December for East Africa and the campaign against the German force commanded by Lettow-Vorbeck. The unit suffered a total of 800 casualties in the war, and a further 1,066 officers and men were invalided out of service due to sickness. At the end of the war in 1919 they saw service in the Third Afghan war.<ref name=PGR /> == External Links ==*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/40thpathans.htm 40th Pathans] British Empire website<br>*"The 40th Pathans in action in East Africa, January 1916 to February 1918" by Harry Fecitt, March 2015 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgweaa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2F40th-Pathans-in-East-Africa.pdf html version], [http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/40th-Pathans-in-East-Africa.pdf pdf] gweaa.com*[Categoryhttp:Bengal Infantry Regiments//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Punjab_Regiment 14th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171108094028/http://www.defencejournal.com/aug99/14th-punjab.htm 14th Punjab Regiment], an extract from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''. ''Defence Journal'' Karachi August 1999, now archived.*[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.*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/armedforces_5th%20bn_punjab_regt.htm The 5th Battalion (Punjab Regiment) in Malaya]in WW2. [5/14th Punjab Regiment]cofepow.org===Historical books online===*''The 40th Pathans in the Great War'' is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19seO2kn5o online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in World War II/Military Books/Britain).== References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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