Kohat Mountain Battery
Chronology
- 1851 raised as the No 1 Horse Light Field Battery, Punjab Irregular Force at Bannu by Lt. H. Hammond from disbanded Sikh artillerymen following the 2nd Sikh War
- 1876 became the 1st Kohat Mountain Battery
- 1903 became the 21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
- 1920 became the 21st Kohat Pack Battery (Frontier Force)
- 1921 became the 101st (Kohat) Pack Battery
- 1924 became part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery as the 101st (Kohat) Pack Battery R.A. (F.F.)
- 1927 became the 1st Royal (Kohat) Indian Mountain Battery, R.A. (F.F.)
- 1928 became the 1st Royal (Kohat) Mountain Battery, R.A. (F.F.)
- 1939 became the 1st (Kohat) Mountain Battery F.F.
- 1947 allocated to India
External Links
- 21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) Wikipedia
- Indian Army Mountain Artillery www.king-emperor.com
- Great War Forum post briefly mentions the 21st Kohat Mountain Battery at Gallipoli and the connection with the Australian Pte John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance, AIF