A Legacy of Valor and Sacrifice
The 2nd Battalion of the 14th Punjab Regiment
Discover the storied past and heroic deeds of the brave soldiers who served in the 2nd Battalion of the 14th Punjab Regiment.
Our Proud History
Background and Milestones
The 2nd Battalion of the 14th Punjab Regiment, known also as the 2/14 Punjab Regiment has a distinguished history in the British Indian Army. Before World War II, the regiment was stationed in various locations, including Jhelum, Mir Ali, Bannu, Kohat, and Dacca, where they maintained internal security and conducted training exercises. In 1940, the battalion was deployed to Hong Kong, where they played a significant role in the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. Despite their valiant efforts, Hong Kong fell to the Japanese, and many members, including Kartar Singh, were captured and endured severe hardships as prisoners of war until mid-1944.
To secure their release from POW hardships, some members of the 2/14 Punjab Regiment joined the Indian National Army (INA) in 1944, participating in operations in Southeast Asia. Following World War II, the battalion was reconstituted and continued to serve with distinction. The 2/14 Punjab Regiment’s contributions during the war, particularly in the defense of Hong Kong and their resilience as POWs, highlight their bravery and unwavering spirit. The legacy of the 2nd Battalion continues to inspire future generations, cementing its place in the military history of India.
At Kohat in the 1938, the Battalion was organized as follows:
‘A’ (Sikh) Company
‘B’ (Dogra) Company
‘C’ (2 platoons PMs and 1 platoon Afridi) Company
‘D’ (2 platoons Khattacks and 1 platoon Afridi) Company
Soldiers of the 2/14 Punjab Regiment
Information on this table has been painstakingly compiled from various sources and is incomplete. If you know or have any information of any of the soldiers listed below, please reach out to me at [email protected].| IA/No | IA Rank | Company | Name | DOB | INA/No | INA Rank | INA Unit | Village | Height(cm) | Family | Remarks |
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| 60685 | Sepoy | Mahanlu Ram | 1900 | Sepoy (Gardener) | No. 1 Salvage Coy | Dalwali, Hoshiarpur | 165 | Father: Bragi Ram | Scar on right knee and elbow | ||
| Sepoy | Uttam Singh | 1927 | 5th Guerrilla Regt | Rooriwala, Amritsar | Father: Kishan Singh | fought action on Burma Front; taken P.O.W.; released in 1946 |
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| 60635 | Sepoy | Panch Ram | 1905 | Sepoy (General Duties) | No. 1 Salvage Coy | Talbar, Kangra | 166 | Father: Shiv Dyal | Enlisted 24 Mar 1926 Big scar on right leg |
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| 53019 | Lance Naik | Ram Singh | 1905 | Lance Naik | Rft Group | Chuhar Munda, Sialkot | Father: S. Pala Singh | Enlisted 15 Aug 1923 | |||
| 16204 | Sepoy | Dalip Singh | 1922 | 6th Guerrilla | Jallewala, Tarn Taran, Amritsar | Father: Karam Singh | Enlisted 7 April 1940 |
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| 13997 | Lance Naik | Beli Ram | 1916 | Havildar | 9th Guerilla Regt | Bhangala, Hoshiarpur | Father: Rijha Ram | Kept in Jigar Kacha Camp for 3£ months; discharged from service on 13 March, 1946. |
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| 15332 | Sepoy | HQ, 1 Pln (?) | Mewa Singh | Jul 1922 | 2/Lt | Officer Training School | Lesarkalan, Gurdaspur | 165 | Father: Wakil Singh | Enlisted 20 Dec 1938 | |
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| 14996 | Sepoy | Amar Singh | 15 Apr 1917 | Officer Cadet | Officer Training School | Poong, Narowal, Sialkot | 176 | Father: S. Hawaila Singh | Enlisted 16 Jun 1938 |
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| 19790 | Sepoy | Bachan Singh | |||||||||
| 14108 | Lance Naik | Chanan Singh | |||||||||
| 13051 | Naik | Dial Singh | |||||||||
| 18573 | Sepoy | Gian Singh | |||||||||
| 13474 | Sepoy | Gian Singh | 1918 | Hothian, Sialkot | 170 | Father: Indar Singh | Enlisted 27 May 1935 tattoo marks on forehead, and a scar on left knee. He arrived in Hong Kong on 7 Nov 1940. At the time of surrender he was at Murray Barracks. |
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| 7042 | Sepoy | Indar Singh | |||||||||
| 15030 | Sepoy | Jawand Singh | |||||||||
| 7168 | Havildar | Teja Singh | |||||||||
| 8709 | Havildar | Surjan Singh | Havildar | Deserted from Bidadari Camp, Singapore in 1945 | |||||||
| 15884 | Sepoy | Teja Singh | |||||||||
| 19595 | Sepoy | Budhi Singh | |||||||||
| 19627 | Sepoy | Basakhi Singh | |||||||||
| 16029 | Sepoy | Chatter Singh | |||||||||
| 14660 | Sepoy | Godawar Singh | |||||||||
| 19242 | Sepoy | Ganda Singh | |||||||||
| 19137 | Sepoy | Karam Chand | |||||||||
| 18042 | Sepoy | Munshi Ram | |||||||||
| 12202 | Sepoy | Jagat Ram | |||||||||
| 12856 | Naik | Gandhrab Singh | |||||||||
| 12981 | Sepoy | Nathu Ram | |||||||||
| 8xxx | Sepoy | Tarlok Singh | |||||||||
| 19778 | Sepoy | Abdul Satar | |||||||||
| 16152 | Sepoy | Ahmed Khan | |||||||||
| 11949 | Sepoy | Atta Mohd | |||||||||
| 15049 | Sepoy | Badsha Gul | |||||||||
| 19602 | Sepoy | Bostan Khan | |||||||||
| 20382 | Sepoy | Fazal Ilahi | |||||||||
| 19440 | Sepoy | Fazal Khan | |||||||||
| 21169 | Sepoy | Ghulam Akbar | |||||||||
| 19808 | Sepoy | Kala | |||||||||
| 19835 | Sepoy | Mahbub Khan | |||||||||
| 19522 | Sepoy | Mohd Afzal | |||||||||
| 14978 | Sepoy | Mohd Anwar | |||||||||
| 19442 | Sepoy | Mohd Banaras | |||||||||
| 14190 | Sepoy | Mohd Khan | |||||||||
| 11432 | Sepoy | Mohd Khan | |||||||||
| 11511 | Naik | Allan Yar | |||||||||
| 16150 | Sepoy | Nur Khan | |||||||||
| 19810 | Sepoy | Sher Zaman | |||||||||
| 19849 | Sepoy | Sultan Mohd | |||||||||
| 13600 | Sepoy | Abdullah Khan | |||||||||
| 8278 | Sepoy | Gulzada Khan | |||||||||
| 20000 | Sepoy | Hukam Shah | |||||||||
| 10634 | Sepoy | Id Akbar | |||||||||
| 14883 | Sepoy | Khan Gul | |||||||||
| 11879 | Sepoy | Muzaffar Khan | |||||||||
| 8272 | Sepoy | Mir Padshah/Badshah | |||||||||
| 15380 | Sepoy | Muzaffar Khan | |||||||||
| 12175 | Sepoy | Nura Baz | |||||||||
| 16836 | Sepoy | Nurmad Khan | |||||||||
| 12590 (12690?) | Sepoy | Pahalwan (Khan?) | |||||||||
| 8269 | Sepoy | Painda Khan | |||||||||
| 19893 | Sepoy | Sahib Din | |||||||||
| 19277 | Sepoy | Shah Sawar Khan | |||||||||
| 16232 | Sepoy | Yar Khan | |||||||||
| 9374 | Lance Naik | Alla Din | |||||||||
| 11481 | Sepoy | Alla Dad Khan | |||||||||
| 13884 | Lance Naik | Abdul Hakim | |||||||||
| 15034 | Sepoy | Abdul Qayum | |||||||||
| 15838 | Sepoy | Aurangzeb | |||||||||
| 11824 | Sepoy | Anat Khan | |||||||||
| 15085 | Sepoy | Bawa Singh | |||||||||
| 7253 | Sepoy | Dhanna Singh | |||||||||
| 7254 | Sepoy | Dharam Singh | |||||||||
| 11431 | Sepoy | Dost Mohd | |||||||||
| 16322 | Sepoy | Daya Ram | |||||||||
| 11158 | Sepoy | Fazal Ahmed | |||||||||
| 16019 | Sepoy | Faqir Hussain | |||||||||
| 11871 | Havildar | Bahadur Sher | |||||||||
| 9506 | Naik | Gul Ahmed | |||||||||
| 6994 | Sepoy | Wazira Ram | |||||||||
| 16356 | Sepoy | Parmodh Singh | |||||||||
| 16099 | Sepoy | Moti Ram | |||||||||
| 16321 | Sepoy | Rabbal Ram | |||||||||
| 18744 | Sepoy | Repudaman Singh | |||||||||
| 9999 | Lance Naik | Sant Ram | |||||||||
| 12889 | Havildar | Tota Ram | |||||||||
| 12356 | Sepoy | Gandhrab Singh | |||||||||
| 16647 | Sepoy | Bishan Singh | |||||||||
| 16092 | Sepoy | Babu Ram | |||||||||
| 10114 | Havildar | Bhima Ram | |||||||||
| 15794 | Sepoy | Wir Singh | |||||||||
| 8738 | Sepoy | Sadhu Singh | |||||||||
| 20036 | Sepoy | Piara Singh | |||||||||
| 6932 | Naik | Hazara Singh | |||||||||
| 10633 | Sepoy | Hazara Singh | 1919 | Sarza Mirza, P.O. Padana, P.S. Barki, Dist. Lahore | 178 | Father: Jawan Singh | Uneducated. Enlisted on 25 February 1931 Arrived in Hong Kong on 10 October 1940. He was in a listening post near Kai-Tak,and was captured on 12 December 1941. He was subjected to subversive propaganda by D.M.Khan and Parwani, and was asked to take up arms in the I.N.A. for the Japan by threats and inducement, along with other P.W. at Matau Chung P.W. Camp, He joined the I.N.A. and performed guard duties over installations. Mole on front of neck and scar on left foot |
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| 13390 | Naik | Gurdial Singh | |||||||||
| 11938 | Naik | Gul Ahmed | |||||||||
| 14771 | Lance Naik | Gul Janen | |||||||||
| 15812 | Sepoy | Gurdial Singh | |||||||||
| 15929 | Sepoy | Darian Singh | |||||||||
| 12595 | Sepoy | Mohindar Singh | |||||||||
| 14395 | Sepoy | Fauja Singh | |||||||||
| 15840 | Sepoy | Bakhtawar Singh | |||||||||
| 12377 | Naik | Amar Singh | |||||||||
| 14184 | Sepoy | Wariam Singh | |||||||||
| 12297 | Havildar | Jarnail Singh | 1915 | 2/Lt | Adjutant, Garrison Depot | Badhai Chima, Sialkot | 173 | Father: Harkim Singh | Enlisted IA Jul 1933 Mole on left cheek Scar on left knee |
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| 12243 | Havildar | HQ, 1 Pln | Pritam Singh | 20 Dec 1913 | 2/Lt | Officer Training School | Maluwal, Sheikhpura | 173 | Father: Sudagar Singh | Enlisted IA 22 Jun 1933 Black mole on left side of neck Dislocated nail on right hand finger |
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| 11811 | Naik | Said Abbas Khan | |||||||||
| 10615 | Sepoy | Shingara/Shangara Singh | 1911 | Lakhna, Patti, Amritsar | Father: Bhagat Singh | Enlisted IA 1931 Enlisted INA 1942 taken P.O.W. by the British; brought to India; released from Multan Jail. |
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| 15814 | Dhanantar Singh | 2 April 1924 | Sarwal, Narowal, Sialkot | Father: Dalip Singh | Kept in Kuala Lumpur, Jigar Kacha, Barasat and Multan Camp jails. |
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| 13637 | Lance Naik | Thakar Singh | 1918 | Lt | 5th Guerrilla Regt, Singapore | Mana Singh Wala, Ferozepur | Father: Chanan Singh | taken P.O.W. at Rangoon; kept in Multan Jail. |
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| 9680 | Sepoy | Kartar Singh | 1896 | 6519 | Lance Naik | Garrison Depot | Tangra, Amritsar, Punjab | 175 | Father: Nihal Singh | Cut on hip | |
| 9550 | Havildar | Sher Singh | |||||||||
| 23154 | Havildar Clerk | Gurcharan Singh | 1923 | Father: Bhagwan Singh | Enlisted IA 14 Oct 1941 | ||||||
| 7159 | Sepoy | Harnam Singh | 1903 | Sepoy | Garrison Depot | Dhariwal, Sialkot, Punjab | 165 | Father: Sunder Singh | Enlisted 3 May 1926 Cut scar on 1st finger left hand |
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| Mohinder Singh | 1919 | Manan, Batala, Gurdaspur | Father: Narain Singh | Joined INA in 1942; served for 3 years. |
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| 1477 | Naik | 'C' Coy | Zaman Khan | 7 Nov 1918 | Officer Cadet | Officer Training School | Kohi, Peshawar, NWFP | 178 | Father: Aman Khan | Enlisted 7 Nov 1936 Scar under right eye Scar on left thigh |
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| Sepoy | Bararu Ram | 1903 | Sepoy (General Duties) | Salvage Coy | Daipur, Hoshiarpur | 165 | Father: Abya Ram | Enlisted 10 Feb 1926 in 1/14th |
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| Sweeper | Umar Din | Enlisted INA Aug/Sep 1944 in Singapore | |||||||||
| Sweeper | Kartara | 1915 | Sepoy | Agwar Khawaja Baju, Ludhiana | Father: Sunder | ||||||
| Naik | Dhian Singh | Enlisted INA Aug/Sep 1944 in Singapore | |||||||||
| Sepoy | Raghu Singh | Enlisted INA Aug/Sep 1944 in Singapore | |||||||||
| Sepoy | Mathra | Enlisted INA Aug/Sep 1944 in Singapore | |||||||||
| Havildar Major | Sher Singh | 2/Lt | |||||||||
| Subedar | Hakim Khan | Major | 2 Div | Places Visited: Bangkok Jun 1942 Hong Kong Jul 1942 Singapore Jun 1943 Johore Bahru Mar 1944 Singapore Aug 1944 Batu Pahat Oct 1944 Attended the INA Bangkok Conference Jun 1942 |
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| Teja Singh | Havildar | 1/9 Guerrilla Regt | Bharath, Gurdaspur | was dismissed from service. |
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| 10226 | Havildar | 'A' Coy | Balwant Singh | 2/Lt | |||||||
| Jemadar | Dhani Ram | ||||||||||
| Jemadar | Shambhu Ram | Allegedly an informer for the Japanese under Endo (in Hong Kong) | |||||||||
| Subedar Major | Haidar Rahman | ||||||||||
| Major | Mohan Singh | 1909 | General | Ugoki, Sialkot | |||||||
| 14065 | Lance Naik | Mukhtiar Singh | 1918 | 17032 | QM Havildar | Danlowal, Dasuya, Hoshiarpur | Father: Chattar Singh | Joined INA in 1942; served promoted to Q.M. Hav. in 1944. |
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| 8008 | Sepoy | Jiwan Ram | 1908 | Bada Gran, Hamirpur, Kangra | Father: Naranga | ||||||
| Subedar | Ujagar Singh | ||||||||||
| 8404 | Sepoy | Mani Ram | Thikarian, Shakargarh, Gurdaspur | Father: Dani Singh | Joined INA on 15 Feb., 1942; surrended to British forces in Rangoon |
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| Jemadar | Ujagar Singh | ||||||||||
| 14398 | Lance Naik | Ujagar Singh | 1920 | Saddarpur, Dasuya, Hoshiarpur | Father: Fauja Singh | Enlisted IA 15 Mar 1937 Enlisted INA; taken P.O.W.; kept in Jigar Kacha Camp and Multan Jail; discharged from service on 1 March, 1946 |
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| Lance Naik | Karam Chand | SO | |||||||||
| 16006 | Sepoy | Suram Chand | 1915 | Lance Naik | Bhagole, Hamirpur, Kangra | Father: Lal Singh | |||||
| 12117 | Havildar | Chanan Singh | Won the essay composition in English (Army and Rural Reconstruction) in 1936 | ||||||||
| 10481 | Karam Singh | 1914 | 2/Lt | Hamira, Kapurthala | Father: Mool Singh | ||||||
| 15094 | Sepoy | Mulkh Raj | Ahmedabad, Batala, Gurdaspur | Father: Mula Ram | Enlisted IA on 4 Aug 1938 |
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| 9268(?) | Sepoy | Karnail Singh | Lance Naik | ||||||||
| Sepoy | Labh Singh | Sepoy | |||||||||
| 9881 | Sepoy | Nazar Singh | 1909 | Lt | Maddo Ke, Shakargarh, Sialkot | Father: Mula Singh | Enlisted IA 25 Jan 1930 Enlisted INA in Dec 1942 |
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| 11754 | Sepoy | Nazar Singh | 1921 | Thakar Kaura, Patti, Amritsar | Father: Puran Singh | fought action on the Burma Front; wounded in action; discarged from service. |
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| Sepoy | Pannu Ram | 1913 | Phangtoli, Pathankot, Gurdaspur | Father: Natha Ram | |||||||
| 18756 | Sepoy | Rattan Singh | 1921 | 60705 | Havildar | 3/9 Guerrilla Regt | Salempur Musalmana, Jullundur | Father: Phoola Singh | taken P. O. W. at Kuala Lumpur; detained in Calcutta Jail; released on 13 March, 1946. |
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| 16334 | Sepoy | Sardar Singh | 1926 | Korwa Khurd, Ambala | Father: Sheela Singh | joined INA; served up to 19 Oct., 1945; discharged from service on 17 June 1946. |
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| Sepoy | 'A' Coy | Arjan Singh | |||||||||
| 11781 | Havildar | 'D' Coy | Ghulam Mohamed | ||||||||
| Lance Naik | 'C' Coy | Said Awas | Kohi, Peshawar, NWFP | ||||||||
| 19544 | Sepoy | Pakhar Singh Bakhar Singh | 1920 | Sepoy | Badauchi Kalan, Patiala | Father: Sewa Singh | joined INA; served in Malaya; wounded in action; taken P.O.W. at Kuala Lumpur. |
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| Lance Naik | Jamrud Khan | Allegedly Japanese informer in POW camp | |||||||||
| Lance Naik | Zar Khan | Allegedly Japanese informer in POW camp | |||||||||
| Havildar | Nambar Khan |