1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
(Redirected from 61st Madras Pioneers)
Known as 1st Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 61st Madras Pioneers in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1758 formed as 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys
- 1769 became 1st Carnatic Battalion
- 1784 became 1st Madras Battalion
- 1796 became 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 1st Madras Native Infantry
- 1883 became 1st Madras Native Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1885 became 1st Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1901 became 1st Madras Pioneers
- 1903 became 61st Madras Pioneers
- 1906 became 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers
- 1910 became 61st King George's Own Pioneers
- 1922 became 1st/1st Madras Pioneers
- 1929 became Corps of Madras Pioneers
- 1933 disbanded
External Links
- 61st King George's Own Pioneers regiments.org
- 61st Pioneers British Empire website
- 61st 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.