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created 1 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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The Punjab
Regiment
formerly
2nd Punjab Regiment
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India
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1922.03.01 |
2nd
Punjab Regiment
formed by union: |
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allocated
to India at partition and independence |
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The
Punjab Regiment |
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[2nd]
Punjab Regiment (Bharat Rakshak) |
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The
Punjab Regiment
(GlobalSecurity.org) |
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The
Punjab Regiment (Gateway to Sikhism) |
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Regimental Centre: |
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Mooltan [1923-1946], Meerut [1946-1948?],
Ramgarh [1948?-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1922-1952] |
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2nd Battalion [1922-1951] |
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3rd Battalion [1922-present] |
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4th Battalion [1922-1938] |
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5th Battalion [1922-1942] |
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6th Battalion [1940-1946] |
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7th Battalion [1941-1981] |
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8th Battalion [1942-1946, 1948?-present] |
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9th Battalion [1948-present] |
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10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1942] |
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11th Battalion [not formed] |
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12th Battalion [not formed] |
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13th (Jind) Battalion [1954-present] |
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14th (Nabha) Battalion [1954-present] |
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15th (Patiala) Battalion [1954-present] |
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16th (Patiala) Battalion [1954-present] |
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17th Battalion [1962-present] |
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18th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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19th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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20th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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21st Battalion [19uu-present] |
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22nd Battalion [19uu-present] |
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23rd Battalion [19uu-present] |
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24th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1946] |
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25th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946] |
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26th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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27th (The Chamar) Battalion [1942-1943] |
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27th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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28th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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29th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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Territorials: |
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[none] |
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[combined
battle honours of the
67th Punjabis, 69th Punjabis,
72nd Punjabis, 74th
Punjabis, 87th Punjabis,
plus:]
The
Great War:1 Loos,
France and Flanders 1915, Helles,
Krithia, Gallipoli 1915, Suez
Canal, Egypt 1915-17,
Gaza,
Megiddo, Sharon,
Nablus, Palestine
1917-18, Defence
of Kut al Amara, Kut al Amara 1917,
Baghdad, Mespotamia 1915-18, Aden,
E Africa 1914-17,
NW Frontier India 1915 '16-17
Afghanistan
19191
Second World War2: Keren,
Ad Teclesan, Amba Alagi,
Abyssinia 1940-41, Central
Malaya, Ipoh, Singapore Island,
Malaya 1941-42, North
Africa 1940-43, Casa
Bettini, Italy 1943-45,
Buthidaung, Ngakedaung
Pass, North Arakan, Imphal, Litan, Kanglatongbi, Tengnoupal, Tonzang,
Kennedy Peak, Defence of Meiktila, Pyinmana,
Burma 1942-45
Jhangar,
Zoji La, Jammu
and Kashmir 1947-48, Hajipir,
Kalidhar,
Jammu and Kashmir 1965, Burki, Dograi, Punjab 1965, East
Pakistan 1971, Nangi Tekri, Brachil Pass and Wali Malik,
Jammu and Kashmir 1971, Punjab 1971, Longanewala, Sindh 1971
1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments
[q.v.]
2. see also The Parachute Regt
for honours granted for service of 1st Bn, and The
Brigade of Guards for honours granted for service in 2nd Bn
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3rd Battalion: |
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F.M.
Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George (Alexander), 1st Earl Alexander of
Tunis and Errigal in the County of Donegal, KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCMG,
CSI, DSO, MC, CDL, LLD [also Col. Irish
Gds; Hon. Col. Rangers,
London Irish Rifles,
Oxford Univ
OTC] |
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Miscellaneous
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