4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
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Known as 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 64th Pioneers in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1758 formed as 5th Battalion Coast Sepoys
- 1769 became 5th Carnatic Battalion
- 1770 became 4th Carnatic Battalion
- 1784 became 4th Madras Battalion
- 1796 became 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1883 became 4th Madras Native Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1885 became 4th Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1901 became 4th Madras Pioneers
- 1903 became 64th Pioneers
- 1922 became 2nd/1st Madras Pioneers
- 1929 became Corps of Madras Pioneers
- 1933 disbanded
Regimental History
Baillie-Ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759-1930 by Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Murland 1932
Details history from early Anglo-India, Seringapatam, Ava &c. to Indian Mutiny (in Central India), Afghanistan, Burma, China, East Africa & Mesopotamia in WW1.
External Links
- 64th Pioneers regiments.org
- 64th Pioneers British Empire website
- 64th Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- 1st Madras Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- Madras Pioneers Wikipedia
- "A chapter from the war" by Allan Moses Rodricks September 19, 2014 The Hindu Bangalore . A memorial in Bangalore to the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 1st Madras Pioneers who gave their lives in The Great War 1914-1918. Includes the 64th Pioneers.
