14th Punjab Regiment [India / Pakistan]

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	14th Punjab Regiment
	India / Pakistan

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	1922.03.01	14th Punjab Regiment formed by union:
		1st Battalion, formed by redesignation of *19th Punjabis* 2nd Battalion, formed by redesignation of *20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis* 3rd Battalion, formed by redesignation of *22nd Punjabis* 4thBattalion, formed by redesignation of *24th Punjabis* 5th Battalion, formed by redesignation of *40th Pathans* 10th (Training) Battalion, formed by redesignation of *21st Punjabis*
	1947	allocated to Pakistan at partition and independence
	1956	united with 1st Punjab Regiment, 15th Punjab Regiment, and 16th Punjab Regiment, to form The Punjab Regiment


		14th Punjab Regiment, by John Gaylor (PakDef Military Consortium)
		14th Punjab Regiment, by John Gaylor (Defence Journal)
		The Punjab Regiment to 1957, by Babar Mahmud (Orbat.com)

	*Regimental Centre:*
		Ferozepore [1923-1946], Jhelum [1946-1956]

	*Regulars:*
		1st Battalion [1922-1942, 1946-1956]
		2nd Battalion [1922-1941, 1946-1956]
		3rd Battalion [1922-1956]
		4th Battalion [1922-1956]
		5th Battalion (Pathans) [1922-1942, 1952-1956]
		6th Battalion [1940-1942]
		7th Battalion [1941-1946]
		8th Battalion [1941-1946]
		9th Battalion [1941-1947]
		10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1943]
		13th Battalion [not formed]
		14th Battalion [1942-1945]
		15th Battalion [1942-1946]
		16th Battalion [1942-1944]
		25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1942]
		26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1942]
		Machine Gun Battalion [1942-1942]

	*Territorials:*
		11th (Territorial) Battalion [1922-1941]
		12th (Territorial) Battalion [1939-1941]


	[combined battle honours of 19th Punjabis, 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis, 21st Punjabis, 22nd Punjabis, 24th Punjabis, and 40th Pathans, plus:] The Great War:¹ Ypres 1915, St Julien, Aubers, France and Flanders 1915, Suez Canal, Egypt 1915, Megiddo, Sharon, Nablus, Palestine 1918, Basra, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915 '17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Baghdad, Khan Baghdadi, Mesopotamia 1914-18, Merv, Persia 1915-19, Macedonia 1918, Narungombe, East Africa 1916-18, NW Frontier India 1915 '17 Afghanistan 1919¹ The Second World War: Agordat, Keren, Wolchefit, Abyssinia 1940-41, Alam el Halfa, Defence of Alamein Line, North Africa 1940-43, Kampar, Singapore Island, Malaya 1941-42, Hong Kong, South East Asia 1941, Yu, North Arakan, Buthidaung, Razabil, Maungdaw, Ngakyedauk Pass, Imphal, Shenam Pass, Nungshigum, Bishenpur, Kanglatongbi, Jessami, Naga Village, Mao Songsang, Monywa 1945, Kyaukse 1945, Nyaungu Bridgehead, Letse, Magwe, Rangoon Road, Pegu 1945, Sittang 1945, Burma 1942-45 1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.]

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	Full Histories:
		Raghavan, V. R. *By land and sea : the post-independence history of the Punjab Regiment, 1947-1986*. [Ramgarh Cantt., Bihar : Punjab Regimental Centre], 1986.
		Rizvi, S. Haider Abbas. Veteran campaigners : a history of the Punjab Regiment, 1759-1981 (Pakistan Army). Lahore : printed by Wajidalis, 1984.

	Battalions:
		Pigot, G. *History of the 1st Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment, Sherdil-ki-Paltan (late XIX Punjabis)*. New Delhi : Roxy Printing Press, 1946.
		Waters, Robert Sidney. *History of the 5th Battalion (Pathans) 14th Punjab Regiment*. London : J. Bain, 1936.
		Waters, Robert Sidney. *Continuation of the history of the 5th Battalion (Pathans) 14th Punjab Regiment, 1937-1942*. London : Lund Humphries, [ca. 1945].
		*1857-1957 centenary souvenir, 8th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment*. Lahore : Allied Press, [1957]

	Second World War:
		Haig, Brodie. *Fourteenth Punjab Regiment : a short history, 1939-1945*. London : Printed ... by Lund Humphries, 1948.
		*7th Bn, 14th Punjab Regiment : Regimental history of active service during WWII*. Nowshera : Northern Army Press, [ca. 1947]
		Booth, J. R.; and Hobbs, J. B. Ninth Battalion, Fourteenth Punjab Regiment, raised 1st April, 1941, disbanded 8th July, 1947 : India, Ceylon, Burma, French Indo-China, Sarawak, India. Cardiff : Western Mail and Echo Limited, 1948.