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15th Punjab Regiment
 
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1922.03.01 15th Punjab Regiment
formed by union:
 
1947.08 allocated to Pakistan at partition and independence
1956 united with 1st Punjab Regiment, 14th Punjab Regiment, and 16th Punjab Regiment, to form The Punjab Regiment
pip The Punjab Regiment to 1957, by Babar Mahmud (Orbat.com)
Regimental Centre:
Sialkot [1923-1956]
 
Regulars:
  1st Battalion [1922-1956]
  2nd Battalion [1922-1942, 1946-1956]
  3rd Battalion [1922-1956]
  4th Battalion [1922-1956]
  5th Battalion [1940-1946]
  6th Battalion [1941-19uu]
  7th Battalion [1941-1946]
  8th Battalion [1941-1946]
  9th Battalion [1941-1947]
  10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1943]
  13th Battalion [not formed]
  14th Battalion [1942-1943]
  15th Battalion [1942-1944]
  16th Battalion [1943-1946]
  25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1943]
  26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946]
  27th (Jind) Garrison Battalion [1943-1946]
  Machine Gun Battalion [1942-1942]
   
Territorials:
  11th (Territorial) Battalion [1922-1941]
  12th (Territorial) Battalion [1939-1941]
   
   
   
[combined battle honours of the 25th Punjabis, 26th Punjabis, 27th Punjabis, 28th Punjabis, and the 29th Punjabis, plus:]

The Great War:1  Loos, France and Flanders 1915, Suez Canal, Egypt 1915, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1918, Tigris 1916, Kut al-Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-18, Persia 1918, NW Frontier India 1917, Kilimanjaro, E Africa 1914-17

The Second World War:  Tug Argan, British Somaliland 1940, Berbera, Assab, Abyssinia 1940-41, West Borneo 1941-42, South East Asia 1941-42, The Sangro, The Moro, Cassino II, Gothic Line, The Senio, Italy 1943-45, Rathedaung, North Arakan, Kohima, Jail Hill, Naga Village, Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead, Mandalay, Fort Dufferin, Meiktila, Nyaungu Bridgehead, Taungtha, The Irrawaddy, Yenaungyaung 1945, Kama, Toungoo, Sittang 1945, Burma 1942-45

1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.]

 
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4th Bn: Gen. Sir Charles Harington Harington, GCB, GBE, DSO [also The King's Regt]
Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
Gian Singh VC, by Ed Haynes (International Phaleristic Encyclopedia).
Kharamjeet Singh Judge VC, by Ed Haynes (International Phaleristic Encyclopedia).
 
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Regimental Journal:
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Full Histories:
book Raghavan, V. R.   By land and sea : the post-independence history of the Punjab Regiment, 1947-1986.  [Ramgarh Cantt., Bihar : Punjab Regimental Centre], 1986.
book Rizvi, S. Haider Abbas. Veteran campaigners : a history of the Punjab Regiment, 1759-1981 (Pakistan Army). Lahore : printed by Wajidalis, 1984.
 
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