24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
Main article: Bengal Native Infantry
This article is about the Bengal Native Infantry unit that was disarmed in 1857. For the unit that existed after 1861, 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. Calcutta: R C Lepage & Co. 1859.
- ↑ "24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry - FIBIwiki". wiki.fibis.org. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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