12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers
(Redirected from 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry)
Known as The Khelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment
Chronology
- 1838 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Shah Shujah’s Force
- 1842 became The Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie
- 1861 became 12th Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 became 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry
- 1903 became 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers
- 1922 became 2nd/2nd Bombay Pioneers
- 1929 became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers
- 1933 disbanded
External links
- 12th Pioneers British Empire Website
- 12th Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- 2nd Bombay Pioneers Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
- Photographs 1919 compiled by Major G A Clarke, 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment), and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Bombay Pioneers. National Army Museum collection 1963-09-633
Historical books online
- 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[1]
References
- ↑ History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)