127th Baluch Light Infantry

From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett

Known as the 1st Baluch Battalion in the Bombay Army
Known as the 27th Baluch Light Infantry in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1844 raised as the Balooch Battalion
• 1858 became 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion
• 1846 became the 1st Baluch Battalion
• 1858 became the 1st Baluch Extra Battalion
• 1859 became the 1st Baluch Regiment
• 1871 became the 27th Bombay Native (Light) Infantry
• 1888 became the 27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry
• 1901 became the 27th Baluch Light Infantry
• 1903 became the 127th (Queen Mary's Own) Baluch Light Infantry
• 1922 became the 3rd (Queen Mary's Own)/10th Baluch Regiment
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

127th Baluch Light Infantry Wikipedia
127th Baluch Light Infantry British Empire website