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Peshawar Mountain Battery
Chronology
- 1853 raised as the Peshawar Train at Peshawar by Capt T Brougham
- 1858 became part of the Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 became the Peshawar Mountain Battery
- 1876 became the No 3 (Peshawar) Punjab Mountain Battery
- 1903 became the 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
- 1920 became the 23rd Peshawar Pack Battery (Frontier Force)
- 1921 became the 103rd (Peshawar) Pack Battery
- 1922 became the 103rd (Peshawar) Pack Battery (Frontier Force)
- 1924 became part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery as the 103rd (Peshawar) Pack Battery R.A. (F.F.)
- 1927 became the 3rd (Peshawar) Indian Mountain Battery, R.A. (F.F.)
- 1928 became the 3rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery, R.A. (F.F.)
- 1939 became the 3rd Peshawar Mountain Battery F.F.
- 1947 allocated to India
External Links
- 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) Wikipedia
- Indian Mountain Artillery www.king-emperor.com, now archived.
- Victorian Wars Forum topic about the Peshawar Mountain Battery.[1]
Historical books online
- No 3 Peshawar Mountain Battery P F F, Battery History 1886. Archive.org mirror from Digital Library of India.
References
- ↑ Old Photo of Peshawar Mountain Battery in action - date??? Victorian Wars Forum 23 Jan 2011, now archived.