cazack Posted 5 July , 2014 Share Posted 5 July , 2014 Hello can any one help me with an Indian unit, the 7th Punjabis regiment and where they where posted during WW1 as I have brought a medal stamped to the 7th Punjabis regards and thanks in advance Caz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 5 July , 2014 Share Posted 5 July , 2014 Are you sure? The 7th were Rajputs, not Punjabis: The 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs, to be precise. There was a 27th Punjabis, and a 67th Punjabis and even an 87th Punjabis, though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazack Posted 5 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 5 July , 2014 Hi Steve I have double checked the medal and it came with a old silk ribbon, appears it has not be altered or renamed. I also didn't think there was a 7th Punjabis, but the medal certainly is named as such, maybe they missed the first number regards Caz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 5 July , 2014 Share Posted 5 July , 2014 What's the medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazack Posted 6 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 July , 2014 it is victory medall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 July , 2014 Share Posted 6 July , 2014 Most odd, then. It's not even as if the post-1922 reform number had been used by mistake, as the 7th were still Rajpts, not one of the many Punjab regiments. What's the recipient's name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazack Posted 6 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 July , 2014 Hi Steve medal details as per the medal: 1290. SEPOY. JUMAN KHAN. 7 PJBIS regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 6 July , 2014 Share Posted 6 July , 2014 A naming error. Unfortunately I haven't been able to eliminate any of the 27th, 67th, or 87th Punjabis, all of whom had casualties in the 1200 block, although there are more 27th casualties in that block than in the other two. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Wilson Posted 6 July , 2014 Share Posted 6 July , 2014 Punjabis – extract page 44 Index ’Order of Battle of Divisions’ Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 6 July , 2014 Share Posted 6 July , 2014 Of course we shouldn't assume that it is the first digit that was omitted. He could also have been from: 71st Punjabis (unlikely, as they were a Christian battalion) 72nd Punjabis 74th Punjabis 76th Punjabis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazack Posted 6 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 July , 2014 thanks all for your input, I will just put it down to a naming mistake and presume it is from 27th, 67, or 87th regards and thanks Caz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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