Difference between revisions of "7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry"

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19th Punjabis from a painting by Major A.C. Lovett

Known as 19th Punjabis

1857 raised as 7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry from loyal elements of the 2nd and 7th Punjab Police Battalions
1861 became 19th Bengal Native Infantry
1864 became 19th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
1885 became 19th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
1901 became 19th Punjab Infantry
1922 became 1st/14th Punjab Regiment
1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

19th Punjabis British Empire website
19th Punjabis Wikipedia
14th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
14th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company Defence Journal Karachi August 1999
14th Punjab Regiment Burma Star Association
Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957 by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002  orbat.com, now archived.
"The Battle of Dushak" 1918 pages 126-127 Turkmenistan by Paul Brummell 2005 Google Books. The 1/19th Punjabi Infantry and the 28th Light Cavalry took part in this action, part of the Malleson Mission in Transcaspia. See Norperforce for more details of this Mission, part of the First World War

On Secret Patrol in High Asia by L V S Blacker, Captain, The Guides 1922 Archive.org. The author spent three years in Turkistan and Khurasan. The Introduction mentions the exploits of the 19th Punjabis.

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 *[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.
-*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fG9zk5Y3MugC&pg=PA126 "The Battle of Dushak"] 1918  pages 126-127 ''Turkmenistan'' by Paul Brummell 2005 Google Books. The |1/19th Punjabi Infantry and the [[28th Light Cavalry]] took part in  this action, part of the Malleson Mission in Transcaspia. See [[Norperforce]] for more details of this Mission, part of the [[First World War]]
+*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fG9zk5Y3MugC&pg=PA126 "The Battle of Dushak"] 1918  pages 126-127 ''Turkmenistan'' by Paul Brummell 2005 Google Books. The 1/19th Punjabi Infantry and the [[28th Light Cavalry]] took part in  this action, part of the Malleson Mission in Transcaspia. See [[Norperforce]] for more details of this Mission, part of the [[First World War]]
 ===Historical books online===
 *[https://archive.org/details/onsecretpatrolin00blacuoft ''On Secret Patrol in High Asia''] by L V S Blacker, Captain, [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|The Guides]] 1922 Archive.org. The author spent three years in Turkistan and Khurasan.   The Introduction mentions the exploits of the 19th Punjabis.