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The '''128th Pioneers''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment traces their origins to 1846, when they were raised as the 28th Bombay Native Infantry.

The regiments first action was in Afghanistan during the [[Second Afghan War]] in the [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)|Battle of Kandahar]]. In 1885, they were sent to Egypt to take part in the [[Sudan Campaign]]. They played an active part in the [[Battle of Tofrek]] and the [[Battle of Suakin]]. On their return to India they were part of the force gathered for the [[Tirah Campaign]] in 1897. During [[World War I]] they were sent to Egypt, to guard the [[Suez Canal]] from Turkish forces. They were originally attached to the [[10th Indian Division]] but moved to the [[11th Indian Division]] in 1916.

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 128th Pioneers became the 3rd Battalion, [[2nd Bombay Pioneers]]. The regiment was disbanded in 1932.

==William St. Lucien Chase==
[[William St. Lucien Chase]] was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] when a [[lieutenant]] in the 28th Bombay Native Infantry during the Second Afghan War when, on 16 August 1880, at [[Deh Khoja]], near Kandahar, Afghanistan, Chase, with the help of [[Private (rank)|Private]] [[Thomas Elsdon Ashford]], rescued and carried, for a distance of over 200 yards, under enemy fire, a wounded soldier who had taken shelter in a block house. Several times they were compelled to rest, but they persevered and finally brought the wounded man to a place of safety.

==Predecessor names==
*28th Bombay Native Infantry - 1846
*28th Bombay Infantry - 1885
*28th (Pioneer) Regiment of Bombay Infantry - 1888
*28th Bombay Pioneers - 1901
*128th Pioneers

==References==
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*{{cite book|last1=Barthorp|first1=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=978-0-9776072-8-0}}
*{{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}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=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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