3rd Sikh Pioneers [India]

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Page created 1 July 2000. Corrected and updated 13.12.2005

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	3rd Sikh Pioneers
	India

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	1922.03.01	3rd Sikh Pioneers formed by union:
		1st Battalion, formed by redesignation of 23rd Sikh Pioneers 2nd Battalion, formed by redesignation of *32nd Sikh Pioneers* 3rd Battalion, formed by redesignation of *34th Sikh Pioneers* 10th (Training) Battalion, formed by redesignation of 2nd Bn, 23rd Pioneers
	1929	Corps of Sikh Pioneers
	1932	disbanded; history and traditions inherited in 1941 by The Sikh Light Infantry


		Indian Pioneer Battalions, by Edward de Santis.

	*Regulars:*
		1st Battalion [1922-1932]
		2nd Battalion [1922-1932]
		3rd Royal Battalion [1922-1929]
		10th Battalion [1922-1929]


	[combined battle honours of 23rd Sikh Pioneers, 32nd Sikh Pioneers, and 34th Sikh Pioneers:] Delhi 1857, Lucknow, Taku Forts, Pekin 1860, Peiwar Kotal, Charasiah, Kabul 1879, Kandahar 1880, Afghanistan 1878-80, Chitral, Punjab Frontier, China 1900, Abyssinia [plus:] The Great War:¹ La Bassée, Armentières, Festubert 1914, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres 1915, St. Julien, France and Flanders 1914-15, Egypt 1916-17, Gaza, Megiddo, Sharon, Nablus, Palestine 1917-18, Tigris 1916, Baghdad, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1916-18, Aden Afghanistan 1919¹ 1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.]

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		Indian Pioneers, by Edward de Santis.


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