Madras Sappers and Miners

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File:Madras Pioneers.JPG
1st Madras Pioneers by H Bunnett

Chronology

  • 1780 raised as Madras Pioneers
  • 1831 renamed as Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 1876 renamed Corps of Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 1903 became 2nd Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 1911 became 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 1832 merged with Bengal and Bombay Sappers to form the Corps of Indian Engineers
  • 1947 half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan

External Links

Madras Engineer Group Wikipedia

File:MadrasSappersMiners-Lucknow.jpg
Madras Sappers & Miners, Lucknow, Felice Beato, albumen print, 1857-58, 164 x 200 mm A tinted photograph of a group of four armed soldiers in uniform in front of the Jal Pari Gateway in the Qaisar Bagh complex. ‘C’ Company of Madras Sappers & Miners joined Sir Colin Campbell in the second relief of Lucknow in November 1857.
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