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1st Madras Pioneers (other)
1st Madras Pioneers may refer to: *61st Pioneers Which had the title in 1901, they later became the 1st Battalion, 1st Madras Pioneers in 1922 * 64th Pioneers which became the 2nd Battalion, 1st Madras Pioneers in 1922. *81st Pioneers The 81st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1786, when they were raised as the 28th Madras Battalion. The regiment was first called into action for the campaigns in the Third Anglo-M ... which became the 10th (Training) Battalion, 1st Madras Pioneers in 1922. * 106th Pioneers which became the 4th Hazara Pioneers, 1st Madras Pioneers in 1922. {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
61st Pioneers
The 61st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They trace their origins to, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys. History The regiment took part in the Carnatic Wars in 1746–1763 and then the Third Anglo-Mysore War. In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War they took part in the Battle of Seedaseer, the Battle of Seringapatam, the Battle of Nagpore, the Battle of Ava. They were next in action during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in the Central India Campaign. Their next campaigns were outside India when they took part in the Second Afghan War, the Second Burmese War and the Boxer Rebellion. During World War I they were part of the 9th (Secunderabad) Division in the 27th Bangalore Brigade. This brigade served away from its parent division and served in British East Africa as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force B. After returning to India they took part in the Third Afghan War. After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
64th Pioneers
The 64th Pioneers was a regiment of the British Indian Army. Originally serving as regular infantry it evolved into a specialist military pioneer unit performing engineering and construction tasks. History The 64th Pioneers could trace their origins to 1758, when they were the 5th Battalion Coast Sepoys. Over the years the regiment was known by a number of different titles the 5th Carnatic Battalion 1769–1770, the 4th Carnatic Battalion 1770–1784, the 4th Madras Battalion 1784–1796, 1st Battalion, 4th Madras Native Infantry 1796–1824, the 4th Madras Native Infantry 1824–1883, the 4th Madras Native Infantry (Pioneers) 1883–1901, the 4th Madras Infantry (Pioneers) 1901–1903 and finally after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army when the names of the presidencies were dropped the 64th Pioneers. During World War I the regiment was part of the Mandalay Brigade in the Burma Division. After World War I the Indian Government reformed the arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
81st Pioneers
The 81st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1786, when they were raised as the 28th Madras Battalion. The regiment was first called into action for the campaigns in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. They then took part in the Battle of Seringapatam in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Next they were involved in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, where they fought at the Battle of Nagpore in 1817. In 1879 they were involved in their first campaigns outside of India, when they took part in the Second Afghan War. This was followed in 1885 by the Third Burmese War. They returned to India and took part in the Tirah Campaign in 1897, attached to the Second Division, they did not see any serious fighting until late in the campaign, when they served as the divisional rearguard during a withdrawal 28 December 1897. During World War I they took part in the Mesopotamia Campaign The Mesopotamian campaign was a campaign in the Middle Easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
