A BRIEF HISTORY
of the 3rd Battalion
1st PUNJAB REGIMENT
A
BRIEF HISTORY
of the 3rd Battalion
1st PUNJAB REGIMENT
formerly
76th Punjabis
16th Madras Infantry
16th Regiment, Madras Native Infantry
2nd Battalion, 5th Madras Native Infantry
16th Madras Battalion
16th Carnatic Battalion, or Lane’s Battalion
Printed by
GALE & POLDEN LIMITED
Wellington Works, Aldershot
1927
DEDICATION.
THIS HISTORY IS DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES
OF ALL RANKS OF THE
76TH PUNJABIS
WHO WERE KILLED OR DIED DURING
THE GREAT WAR
FOREWORD
This brief history has been compiled and published to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Raising of the 16th Carnatic Battalion and its continuous service from 1776 to this date.
December 10th, 1926.