About: the Bengal Native Infantry unit that was disarmed in 1857
For other uses, see 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis).
Chronology
- 1779 raised at Chunar by Captain William Davis
- 1780? ranked as 34th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1781 became the 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1784 became the 30th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1786 became the 30th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1796 became the 2nd Battalion 8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1824 became the 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1857 disarmed at Peshawar[1] 22 May
In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry which later became the 24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry.[2]
References
- ↑ Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty's British Forces on the Bengal Establishment{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. R C Lepage & Co.(1859)
- ↑ 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry - FIBIwiki. wiki.fibis.org.