The 1st Brahmans was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment fought in numerous conflict as part of Presidency armies of the East India Company as well as the British Indian Army
British and Indian officers of the 1st Brahmans, 1912.
The 1st Punjab Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. Upon the Partition of India, it was transferred to the newly-raised Pakistan Army. It ceased to exist in
1st Brahmans
…in numerous conflict as part of Presidency armies of the East India Company as well as the British Indian Army. It was later incorporated into the 1st Punjab Regiment and was ultimately disbanded in 1931. Over the years the regiment was known by a number of different designations…
Regimental cap badge of the 1st
General Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, directing the 2/12th Madras Native Infantry (10/1st Punjab), at the Battle of Assaye, 1803. Painting by JC Stadler c. 1815.
Officers of the 62nd Punjabis (1/1st Punjab), Ismailia, Egypt, 1914. Captain Claude Auchinleck is standing on far right.
Mortar of 2/1st Punjab in action. The Arakan, Burma, 1944.