61st Pioneers

61st Pioneers
2nd Bn 61st King Georges Own Pioneers British Indian Army
Active1758–1922
CountryIndian Empire
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
Part ofMadras Army (to 1895)
Madras Command
ColorsRed; faced white
EngagementsCarnatic Wars
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Second Afghan War
Second Burmese War
Boxer Rebellion
World War I
Third Afghan War

The 61st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They trace their origins to 1758 (266 years ago) (1758), when they were raised as the 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys.