14th Punjab Regiment - Second World War

Second World War

During the Second World War, the 14th Punjab Regiment raised nine new battalions. Most of them were engaged in the bitter fighting against the Japanese in the Far East. The regiment had the misfortune of having four of its battalions being captured by the Japanese at Singapore and Hong Kong.

• 1st Battalion - Malaya. Captured at Singapore in February 1942. Re-raised 1946.
• 2nd Battalion - Hong Kong. Captured in December 1941. Re-raised 1946.
• 3rd Battalion - North Africa, Aden, Italian East Africa, Burma.
• 4th Battalion - Burma, Siam.
• 5th Battalion - Malaya. Captured at Singapore in February 1942. Re-raised 1952.
• 6th Battalion - Raised in 1940. Singapore. Captured in February 1942.
• 7th Battalion - Raised in 1941. Burma. Disbanded 1946.
• 8th Battalion - Raised in 1941. India. Re-designated as 2/14th Punjab in 1946.
• 9th Battalion - Raised in 1941. Ceylon, Burma, French Indochina, Sarawak. Disbanded 1947.
• 10th (Training) Battalion - Converted into the 14th Punjab Regimental Training Centre in 1943.
• 11th (Territorial) Battalion - Mobilized in 1939. Transferred to the 9th Jat Regiment, becoming the 9/9th Jat in 1941.
• 12th (Territorial) Battalion - Raised in 1939. Transferred to the 9th Jat Regiment, becoming the 14/9th Jat in 1941.
• 14th Battalion - Raised in 1942. India. Disbanded 1945.
• 15th Battalion - Re-designation of the Machine Gun Battalion. Converted into a training unit in 1942. India. Disbanded 1946.
• 16th Battalion - Raised as the 25th Garrison Battalion in 1942. On conversion to active status, served in India. Disbanded 1944.
• 25th Garrison Battalion - Raised in 1942. On conversion to active status, became the 16th Battalion. India.
• 26th Garrison Battalion - Raised in 1942. Converted to active status in January 1945 but not renumbered. India, Cocos Islands. Disbanded 1945.
• Machine-Gun Battalion - Raised in January 1942. Redesignated as 15/14th Punjab in July 1942. India.