https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=121st_Pioneers121st Pioneers - Revision history2026-07-31T18:41:13ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=121st_Pioneers&diff=390103&oldid=prevCleanupBot at 04:35, 8 July 20232023-07-08T04:35:00Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Military Unit<br />
|unit_name=121st Pioneers<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|dates=1777&ndash;1922<br />
|country=[[British Raj|Indian Empire]]<br />
|branch=Army<br />
|type=Infantry<br />
|size=<br />
|command_structure=[[Bombay Army]] (to 1895)<br>[[Bombay Command]]<br />
|garrison=<br />
|ceremonial_chief=<br />
|ceremonial_chief_label=<br />
|colonel_of_the_regiment=<br />
|nickname=<br />
|motto=<br />
|colors=Red; faced green.<br />
|march=<br />
|mascot=<br />
|battles=[[Anglo-Persian War]]<br>[[Beni Boo Alli (1821) (Battle honour)|Beni Boo Ali campaign]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Burmese War]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]<br>[[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia]]<br>[[World War I]]<br />
|notable_commanders=<br />
|anniversaries=<br />
}}<br />
The '''121st Pioneers''' were an infantry regiment of the [[East India Company]]'s [[Bombay Army]] and lather the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment traces their origins to 1777, when they were raised as the Marine Battalion.<br />
<br />
The regiments first action was in the [[Anglo-Persian War]], they returned to the Gulf when they were used in the [[punitive expedition]] in the [[Beni Boo Alli (1821) (Battle honour)|Beni Boo Ali campaign]] in 1821, against the [[pirates]] in Eastern [[Arabia]] and the [[Persian Gulf]]. They were involved in a number of campaigns following this the conquest of [[Sindh]] including the [[Battle of Hyderabad]] in 1843. The [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]] in 1848, the [[Second Anglo-Burmese War]] in 1852 and the [[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia]]. During [[World War I]] the regiment served in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]] and the [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign]]s.<br />
<br />
After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 121st Pioneers became the 10th (Marine) Battalion, [[2nd Bombay Pioneers]]. The regiment was disbanded in 1932.<br />
<br />
==Predecessor names==<br />
*Marine Battalion - 1777<br />
*1st (Marine) Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry - 1818<br />
*21st (Marine) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry - 1824<br />
*21st Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion) - 1885<br />
*121st Pioneers<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Barthorp|first=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=0-9776072-8-3}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}<br />
*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum. {{ISBN|1-870423-30-5}}<br />
<br />
{{#seo:<br />
|keywords=British Indian Army infantry regiments, Military units and formations established in 1777, Military units and formations disestablished in 1922, Bombay Presidency<br />
|description=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1777]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]<br />
[[Category:Bombay Presidency]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{BritishIndia-mil-stub}}</div>CleanupBot