The army battalion was awarded with Battle Honours, North West Frontier (1930- 1931) for providing valuable military services. The Corps of Bombay Pioneers included a number of regiments of the Bombay Pioneers, which existed before 1922. These are mentioned below- * 107th Pioneers * 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment) * 128th Pioneers * 48th Pioneers * 121st Pioneers These regiments were merged together in the year 1922 in order to raise the 2nd Bombay Pioneers. The former Bombay Pioneers regiments were re-designated as battalions of the newly formed unit. The 107th Pioneers was renamed as the 1st Battalion; the 12th Pioneers was titled as the 2nd Battalion; the 128th Pioneers unit was re-designated as the 3rd Battalion; 48th Pioneers became the 4th Battalion; and the 121st Pioneers was renamed as 10th (Training) Battalion. Due to economic reasons, the 2nd Bombay Pioneers was eventually dissolved in the year 1933. This article is a stub. You may enrich it by adding more information to it. You can send your write-up at content@indianetzone.com |