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The 1st Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the Partition Of India in 1947. Thereafter it was a regiment of the Pakistan Army until 1956 when it was merged with three other Punjab Regiments to form the Punjab Regiment . The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of other regiments:
HISTORY The first battalion's history goes back to formation in 1759 as "Coast Sepoys". The first four battalions were raised during the hostilities in the Carnatic in south India between 1761 and 1776. The numbers and titles of the battalions changed during the successive reorganisations of the Madras Presidency Army and later of the British Indian Army. Ram Sarup Singh won a Victoria Cross on 25 October 1944 at Kennedy Peak BATTLE HONOURS These including inherited honours of the preceding regiments. The , Egypt 1915, Shaiba, Kut Al Amara 1915 '17, Defence Of Kut Al Amara , Ctesiphon , Tigris 1916, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-18, Aden , NW Frontier India 1915 Afghanistan 1919 The , Kissoué , Damascus , Sidi Barrani , Tobruk 1941, Omars, Alem Hamza, Gazala, Carmusa, Defence of Alamein Line, Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein , Montone, Gothic Line , Lamone Crossing, Pideura, Singapore Island , Pyuntaza-Shwegyin, Yenangyaung 1942, Monywa 1942, Donbaik, Hyizwe, North Arakan, Razabil, Mayu Tunnels, Ngakyedauk Pass, Imphal, Litan, Kohima , Defence of Kohima, Ukhrul, Kennedy Peak, Meiktila, Taungtha, Rangoon Road , Shwemyo Bluff, Sittang 1945, Arakan Beaches , Ramree, Burma 1942-45 REFERENCES
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