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[[Image:124th Baluchistan Infantry.jpg|350px|thumb|right|From a painting by Major A. C. Lovett ]]
 
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Known as the '''24th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry''' in the Bombay Army<br>
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Known as the '''124th Baluchistan Infantry''' in the Indian Army
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
 
*'''1820''' raised as the 2nd (Marine) Battalion, 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
 
*'''1820''' raised as the 2nd (Marine) Battalion, 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
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*'''1824''' became the 24th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
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*'''1824''' became the '''24th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry'''
 
*'''1885''' became the 24th Regiment of Bombay Infantry  
 
*'''1885''' became the 24th Regiment of Bombay Infantry  
 
*'''1891''' became the 24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry  
 
*'''1891''' became the 24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry  
 
*'''1895''' became the 24th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry  
 
*'''1895''' became the 24th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry  
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*'''1901''' became the 24th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan) Infantry  
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*'''1901''' became the 24th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan) Bombay Infantry  
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*'''1901''' became the 124th (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchistan Infantry  
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*'''1903''' became the '''124th (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchistan Infantry'''
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*'''1901''' became the 1st (Duchess of Connaught's Own) Bn/10th Baluch Regiment
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*'''1922''' became the 1st (Duchess of Connaught's Own) Bn/[[10th Baluch Regiment]]
 
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
 
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  
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== External Links ==
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==Regimental history==
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/124thbaluchi.htm 124th Baluchistan Infantry] The British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Baluch_Regiment 10th Baluch Regiment] Wikipedia
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*''The First Battalion Duchess of Connaught's Own (late 124th D.C.O. Baluchistan Infantry) and the Tenth Battalion (late 2/124th Baluchistan Infantry) the Tenth Baluch Regiment'' by O. A. Chaldecott. 1935. Available at the British Library,  UIN: BLL01001795354 .
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== External links ==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/124th_Duchess_of_Connaught's_Own_Baluchistan_Infantry 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/124thbaluchi.htm 124th Baluchistan Infantry] The British Empire website
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Baluch_Regiment 10th Baluch Regiment] Wikipedia
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810040612/http://defencejournal.com/jun99/10th-baluch.htm 10th Baluch Regiment] ''Defence Journal'' Karachi June 1999, now archived.  Probably an extract from  ''Sons Of John Company'' by  John Gaylor.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160807232010/http://defencejournal.com/2000/oct/bookreview.htm  History of The Baloch Regiment 1820-1939 The Colonial Period]  ''Defence Journal'' Karachi October 2000, now archived.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170627173123/http://www.defencejournal.com:80/2000/nov/baloch.htm  History of The Baloch Regiment 1939-1956] ''Defence Journal'' Karachi November 2000, now archived.
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*[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/col-j-s-lord/ 1975 interview], with  [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/068a.pdf transcript 1] and [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/068b.pdf transcript 2],  with Colonel J.S. Lord, Indian Army Officer, 124th Baluchistan Infantry.  Colonel Lord tells of his experiences of the Army in India and Persia during the First World War, including a  anecdote of the infamous influenza. He refers to actions around Bushire which involved Wassmuss, the “German Lawrence”  [who was the  German Consul at Bushire], see [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19190628.2.132 "Where Is Wassmuss ?"] paperspast.natlib.govt.nz ''Auckland Star'', 28 June 1919.
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===Historical books online===
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*[https://archive.org/stream/persia005437mbp#page/n165/mode/2up Page 159] ''Persia'' by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922  briefly mentions the 124th Baluchis in Persia with the [[South Persia Rifles]] during the [[First World War]]
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:42, 10 May 2018

From a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Known as the 24th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as the 124th Baluchistan Infantry in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1820 raised as the 2nd (Marine) Battalion, 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 24th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1885 became the 24th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
  • 1891 became the 24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry
  • 1895 became the 24th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry
  • 1901 became the 24th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan) Bombay Infantry
  • 1903 became the 124th (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchistan Infantry
  • 1922 became the 1st (Duchess of Connaught's Own) Bn/10th Baluch Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Regimental history

  • The First Battalion Duchess of Connaught's Own (late 124th D.C.O. Baluchistan Infantry) and the Tenth Battalion (late 2/124th Baluchistan Infantry) the Tenth Baluch Regiment by O. A. Chaldecott. 1935. Available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01001795354 .

External links

Historical books online

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