NAM.1969-06-30-1

Image made of copies of three separate portraits of the first Commandants of the three regiments which were amalgamated on the 1st of April 1929 to form the Corps of Sikh Pioneers. On the left is a copy of a drawing of Lt Robert Haydon Shebbeare VC who raised the 15th Punjab Pioneers in 1857 which later became the 23rd Sikh Pioneers. In the centre is a copy of a drawing of Lt Duncan Charles Home VC, who is related to the Punjab Sappers (Pioneers) which later became the 32nd Sikh Pioneers. On the right is a copy of a drawing or photograph of Col Arthur Chichester William Crookshank who raised the 34th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Pioneers) in 1887, which later became the 34th Sikh Pioneers. From a photograph album of 51 photographs (including some loose in the back and some archives); associated with the 3rd Sikh Pioneers and its antecedent regiments the 23rd, 32nd and 34th Sikh Pioneers. Embossed on the cover, '3rd Sikh Pioneers 1857-1933' and with all four regimental badges.