Chapter V: Part 5
4 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Punjab," "Ali Masjid," "Afghanistan '78/79," "Pekin 1900."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _yellow_.
52ND SIKHS (Frontier Force). Raised 1846.
3 companies Dogras, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 1 company Pathans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Punjab," "Ahmad Khel," "Kandahar '80," "Afghanistan '78/80."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _scarlet_.
53RD SIKHS (Frontier Force). Raised 1847.
4 companies Sikhs, 1 company Dogras, 2 companies Khattaks, 1 company Punjabi Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Kabul '79," "Kandahar '80," "Afghanistan '79/80," "Punjab Frontier," "Tirah."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _black_.
54TH SIKHS (Frontier Force). Raised 1847.
4 companies Sikhs, 1 company Dogras, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 1 company Pathans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Pegu," "Delhi," "Chitral."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _emerald green_.
56TH PUNJABI RIFLES (Frontier Force). Raised 1849.
3 companies Sikhs, 1 company Dogras, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Khattaks.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Delhi," "Lucknow," "Peiwar Kotal," "Afghanistan '78/79," "Punjab Frontier," "Tirah."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _black_.
62ND PUNJABIS. Raised at Madras 1759.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Rajputs.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Carnatic," "Mysore," "Assaye," "Nagpore," "China."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
66TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Trichinopoly 1761.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Rajputs.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Carnatic," "Sholinghur," "Mysore," "Seringapatam," "Bourbon," "China."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
67TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Trichinopoly 1761.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Punjabi Hindus.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Carnatic," "Mysore," "Ava."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
69TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Madras 1765.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Punjabi Hindus.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Carnatic," "Sholinghur," "Mysore," "Ava," "Pegu."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
72ND PUNJABIS. Raised at Cuddalose 1767.
4 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Pathans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Carnatic," "Sholinghur," "Ava," "Burma '85/87."
UNIFORM.--_Drab serge_, lacings _white_.
74TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Vallose 1776.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Punjabi Hindus.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Carnatic," "Sholinghur," "Mysore," "Maheidpoor," "China," "Burma '85/87."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
76TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Trichinopoly 1776.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Hindu Jats.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Carnatic," "Sholinghur," "Mysore," "Seringapatam," "Ava," "Burma '85/87."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
82ND PUNJABIS. Raised at Ellore 1788.
2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Jat Sikhs, 2 companies Hindu Jats.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Mysore," "Seringapatam," "Ava."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
84TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Vellore 1794.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Jat Sikhs, 2 companies Rajputs.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Seringapatam," "Assaye," "Bourbon."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
87TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Trichinopoly 1798.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Jat Sikhs, 2 companies Hindu Jats.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Maheidpoor," "Lucknow," "Burma '85/87."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
89TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Masulipatam 1798.
3 companies Sikhs, 3 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 1 company Brahmans, 1 company Rajputs.
UNIFORM.--_Drab serge_, facings _blue_.
90TH PUNJABIS. Raised at Masulipatam 1799.
4 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 1 company Brahmans, 1 company Rajputs.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Ava," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Burma '85/87."
UNIFORM.--_Drab serge_, facings _black_.
91ST PUNJABIS (Light Infantry). Raised at Trichinopoly 1800.
3 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Dogras, 1 company Hindustani Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Maheidpoor," "China 1900."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _cherry_.
92ND PUNJABIS. Raised at Madras 1800.
4 companies Sikhs, 4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOUR.--"Ava."
UNIFORM.--_Drab serge_, facings _white_.
[For the Gurkha Regiments and others not mentioned in this list the reader is referred to earlier chapters.]
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