124th Baluchistan Infantry (The Duke of Connaught's Own)

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

From a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

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