20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)

20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabis)
Active	1857 - 1922
Country	British India
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	1 Battalion
Uniform	Drab; faced green
Engagements	Indian Mutiny 1857-58 Second Anglo-China War 1860-62 Second Afghan War 1878-80 Anglo-Egyptian War 1882 The Boxer Rebellion 1900 First World War 1914-18
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	The Duke of Cambridge
Colonel of the Regiment	Field Marshal Sir Charles Brownlow

The 20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabis) was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabis) in 1904 and became 2nd Battalion (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 6th Battalion The Punjab Regiment.

The regiment was raised at Nowshera on 1 August 1857 by Lieutenant Charles Henry Brownlow from drafts provided by 4th and 5th Punjab Infantry on the orders of John Lawrence, the British High Commissioner of the Punjab. It was one of several battalions raised by Lawrence to suppress the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857. Brownlow, who became their first commanding officer, remained associated with the regiment for more than half a century; becoming their Honorary Colonel in 1904. He was made a Field Marshal in 1908. The regiment's first overseas service came during the Second Opium War against China. Soon after landing there, it took part in the successful assault on Taku Forts on 21 August 1860. The regiment then advanced with the rest of the British force, arriving at Peking (Beijing) in late September, which was captured on 6 October. In 1861, the regiment was brought into the line as the 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, replacing the previous 24th which had mutinied in 1857. It was renumbered as the 20th Regiment later in the year.

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