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created 1 January 2004. Corrected and updated
12.11.2005
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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| 1761.08 | 8th
Battalion of Coast Sepoys raised at Trichinopoly |
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| 1769 | 8th Carnatic Battalion | ||
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| 1771 | 7th Carnatic Battalion | ||
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| 1784 | 7th Madras Battalion | ||
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| 1796 | 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry | ||
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| 1824 | 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry | ||
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| Madras? | |||
| 1868.03.17 | Penang | ||
| 1869.05.12 | Singapore | ||
| 1871.04 | at sea | ||
| Madras? | |||
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| <1895> | Belgaum | ||
| <1900> | Burma: Rangoon | ||
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| 1903 | 67th Punjabis | ||
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| India: Quetta | |||
| Mesopotamia | |||
| 1915 | part captured at Kut-al-Amara, reconstituted from remaining two coys | ||
| 1915 | 1st
Battalion, 67th
Punjabis redesignated on formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| Macedonia | |||
| South Russia | |||
| 1919 | 67th Punjabis | ||
| Turkey | |||
| 1921.03 | Iraq | ||
| 1921.09 | India: Multan | ||
| 1922.03.01 | 1st Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment | ||
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| 1936.02 | Malaya: Taiping | ||
| 1939.03.20 | Colours presented by Maj-Gen. W.G.S. Dobbie at Taiping | ||
| India | |||
| Aden | |||
| 1940.08 | British Somaliland | ||
| 1940.08.17 | Aden | ||
| 1941.03.16 | Abyssinia: British Somaliland | ||
| 1941.04.01? | Aden | ||
| Egypt | |||
| Italy | |||
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| 1947.08 | allocated to Indian Army at independence and partition | ||
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| 1952.04.15 | 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment | ||
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| 1956 | Egypt: Sinai | peacekeeping | |
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| 1969? | 1st Para Commando Battalion, The Parachute Regiment | ||
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