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*'''1933''' disbanded
  
== External Links ==
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== External links ==
 
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/48thpioneers.htm 48th Pioneers] British Empire website
 
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/48thpioneers.htm 48th Pioneers] British Empire website
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Pioneers 48th Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Pioneers 48th Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Bombay_Pioneers 2nd Bombay Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Bombay_Pioneers 2nd Bombay Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*Imperial War Museums  [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030007535 Catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman]: Ts memoir (331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. An edited version has been published
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*Imperial War Museums  [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030007535 Catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman]: Ts memoir (331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. An edited version has been published which is now available online, see below.
 
===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211243  ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933''] by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. This book is also available in a reprint edition<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-bombay_pioneers.html ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933''] by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)</ref>
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211243  ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933''] by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. The photographs are scanned poorly and some of the maps appear to be missing. This book is also available in a reprint edition<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-bombay_pioneers.html ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933''] by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)</ref>
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*[https://archive.org/details/capturedatkutpri0000spac/mode/2up ''Captured at Kut.  Prisoner of the Turks.  The Great War Diaries of Colonel W C Spackman''] edited by Tony Spackman 2008 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. William Collis Spackman, Indian Medical Service was then a young Regimental Medical Officer with the 48th Pioneers.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 02:46, 23 December 2022

Known as 48th Pioneers

Chronology

  • 1901 raised as the 48th (Pioneers) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became the 48th Bengal Pioneers
  • 1903 became the 48th Pioneers
  • 1921 became the 4th/2nd Bombay Pioneers
  • 1929 became the Corps of Bombay Pioneers
  • 1933 disbanded

External links

  • 48th Pioneers British Empire website
  • 48th Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
  • 2nd Bombay Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
  • Imperial War Museums Catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman: Ts memoir (331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. An edited version has been published which is now available online, see below.

Historical books online

References

  1. History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)