61st Pioneers
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The 61st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They trace their origins to 1758, 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 Second Burmese War and the Boxer Rebellion
.
During Third Afghan War
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After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.[2] In 1922, the 61st Pioneers now became the 1st Battalion 1st Madras Pioneers, which was disbanded in 1933.
Lineage
- 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys - 1758
- 1st Carnatic Battalion - 1769
- 1st Madras Battalion - 1784
- 1st Battalion, 1st Madras Native Infantry - 1796
- 1st Madras Native Infantry - 1824
- 1st Madras Native Infantry (Pioneers) - 1883
- 1st Madras Infantry (Pioneers) - 1885
- 1st Madras Pioneers - 1901
- 61st Madras Pioneers - 1903
- 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers - 1906
- 61st King George's Own Pioneers - 1910
- Memorial to the Siege of Seringapatam (1799), Erected by the Mysore Government
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References
- ISBN 978-1-4728-4891-8.
- ^ Sumner p.15
Sources
- Barthorp, Michael; Burn, Jeffrey (1979). Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-307-0.
- Rinaldi, Richard A (2008). Order of Battle British Army 1914. Ravi Rikhye. ISBN 978-0-9776072-8-0.
- Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914-1947. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6.
- Moberly, F.J. (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign, Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5
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