The 2nd Bombay Pioneers was a regiment of the
British Indian Army
The Indian Army was the force of British Raj, British India, until Indian Independence Act 1947, national independence in 1947. Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, it was responsible for the defence of both British India and ...
. The regiment was formed in 1922, when the infantry of the Indian Army moved from single battalion to multi battalion regiments. They were renamed The Corps of Bombay Pioneers in 1929, and were disbanded for reasons of economy in 1933.
Constituents
The five Bombay pioneer regiments in existence prior to 1922 were re-designated as follows when they were merged into the 2nd Bombay Pioneers that year:
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107th Pioneers were redesignated the 1st Battalion.
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12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment) were redesignated the 2nd Battalion.
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128th Pioneers were redesignated the 3rd Battalion.
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48th Pioneers were redesignated the 4th Battalion.
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121st Pioneers were redesignated the 10th (Training) Battalion.
Battle honours
North West Frontier 1930-31
See also
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Indian Army
The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...
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Indian Army Corps of Engineers
The Indian Army Corps of Engineers is a combat support arm which provides combat engineering support, develops infrastructure for armed forces and other defence organisations and maintains connectivity along the borders, besides helping the civi ...
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Madras Engineer Group
Madras Engineer Group (MEG), informally known as the Madras Sappers, is an engineer group of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This ...
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Bombay Engineer Group
References
British Indian Army infantry regiments
Military units and formations established in 1922
Military units and formations disestablished in 1933
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