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48th Bengal Pioneers
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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
- 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[1]
- 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
- ↑ History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)