130th Baluchis

Also known as Jacob's Rifles.

Chronology

• 1858 raised by Major John Jacob as Jacob's Rifles
• 1861 became 30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Jacob's Rifles)
• 1881 became 30th Bombay Native Infantry
• 1888 became 30th Bombay Infantry
• 1903 became 30th Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
• 1910 became 130th Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
• 1914-18 became 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
• Between World Wars became 130th King George's Own Baluchis - 5th Bn (King George's Own) (Jacobs Rifles) 10th Baluch Regiment.
• 1945 became The Baluch Regiment
• 1947 alloted to Pakistan

FIBIS resources

• FIBIS Gallery: Personal Collections of Lt Col Ron O'Brien, Indian Army 10th Baluch Regiment from c 1928 including Jacob's Rifles.

Memorials

• Names of 30th Bombay NI killed at Maiwand, 27 July 1880, a list of those killed at the Battle of Maiwand.

External Links

• 130th Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles) British Empire website
  
• 130th Baluchis Wikipedia
  
• 10th Baluch Regiment Wikipedia
  
• The Baloch Regiment Wikipedia
• 10th Baluch Regiment Defence Journal Karachi June 1999. Probably an extract from Sons Of John Company by John Gaylor.
• History of The Baloch Regiment 1820-1939 The Colonial Period Defence Journal Karachi October 2000
• History of The Baloch Regiment 1939-1956 Defence Journal Karachi November 2000