Bhopal Infantry (The Delhi Regiment) - Raised in 1917. India, Mesopotamia. 3/9th Bhopal Infantry - Raised in 1917. India, Mesopotamia. 4/9th Bhopal Infantry - Raised in 1918. India. 46th Punjabis - India, Egypt. All war-raised battalions were disbanded after the war. In 1921-22, a major reorganization was undertaken in the British Indian Army leading to the formation of large infantry groups of four to six battalions. Among these was the 16th Punjab Regiment. The line-up of battalions for Solah Punjab was: 1st Battalion - 30th Punjabis 2nd Battalion - 31st Punjabis 3rd Battalion - 33rd Punjabis 4th Battalion - 9th Bhopal Infantry 10th (Training) Battalion - 46th Punjabis. The class composition of the new regiment was Punjabi Muslims, Sikhs and Dogras. The new regimental badge consisted of a Maltese cross with a Muslim crescent and a Sikh quoit, surmounted by a Tudor crown with a scroll below. The uniform was scarlet with white facings. Multan in the Punjab was chosen as the permanent station for the Training Battalion. Second World War The 2nd and 3rd Battalions were captured by the Japanese at Singapore. The 1st, 5th and 7th Battalions fought in Burma, and the 4th Battalion's fought in Africa and Italy. Lance Naik Sher Shah of the 7th Battalion was awarded the Victoria Cross in Burma. During the war, the 16th Punjab Regiment suffered a total of 2744 casualties including 990 killed or died of wounds. 1st Battalion - India, Burma, Dutch East Indies. 2nd Battalion - India, Malaya. Captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942. They would end up on a Japanese "hell ship" Buyo Maru. Unit re-raised in 1945. 3rd Battalion - India, Malaya, Singapore. Captured by the Japanese in February 1942. Re-raised in 1946 as 3rd (Para) Battalion. 4th Battalion - India, North Africa, Italian East Africa, Italy, Palestine. 5th Battalion - Raised in 1940. India, Burma. Re-designated as 2/16th Punjab in 1945. 6th Battalion - Raised in 1941. India, Ceylon. Re-designated as 3/16th Punjab in 1946. 7th Battalion - Raised in 1941. India, Burma, Malaya. Disbanded January 1948; re-raised October 1948. 9th Battalion - Raised in 1943 by re-designation of 25th Garrison Battalion on conversion to active status. India. Disbanded 1945. 25th Garrison Battalion - Raised in 1941. India. Redesignated as 9/16th Punjab in 1943 on conversion to active status. India. 26th Garrison Battalion - Raised in 1942. India. Disbanded 1946. Post-independence history On