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[[Image:127th Baluch Lt Infantry.jpg|350px|thumb|right|From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett]] | [[Image:127th Baluch Lt Infantry.jpg|350px|thumb|right|From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett]] | ||
| − | Known as the '''1st Baluch Battalion''' in the Bombay Army<br> | + | Known as the '''1st Baluch (Beluch, Belooch, Beloochi) Battalion''' in the Bombay Army.<br> |
| − | Known as the '''27th Baluch Light Infantry''' in the Indian Army | + | Known as the '''27th Baluch Light Infantry''' in the Indian Army. |
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1844''' raised as the Balooch Battalion | *'''1844''' raised as the Balooch Battalion | ||
Revision as of 02:50, 9 March 2018
Known as the 1st Baluch (Beluch, Belooch, Beloochi) 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
First World War
In addition to the Western Front, see below, 1/127th Baluchis were part of the Bushire Field Force in 1918 and are mentioned in Operations in Persia.[1] See the Fibiwiki page Norperforce.
External Links
- 127th Baluch Light Infantry Wikipedia
- 127th Baluch Light Infantry British Empire website
- Taita Hills Rebellion 1898 www.kaiserscross.com
- East and Central Africa Medal 1897-99 with clasp: Uganda 1897-98, awarded to Sepoy Ahmad Khan, 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry. The 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry were one of three Indian Army regiments that took part in the suppression of a mutiny by the Sudanese troops used by the Colonial Government in Uganda. National Army Museum
- 10th Baluch Regiment Defence Journal Karachi June 1999, now archived. 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, now archived.
- History of The Baloch Regiment 1939-1956 Defence Journal Karachi November 2000, now archived.
- "Operations in Mekran 1898-1902" by Harry Fecitt from “Harry’s Sideshows” kaiserscross.com
- Page 3 of "The International Prisoners-of-War Agency. The ICRC in World War One". html version, pdf An eleven page 2007 document setting out the type of records available. Page 3 of the file mentions a POW in Germany, from the 127th Baluchis, along with 3 from the 129th Baluchis captured at La Bassée on the Western Front on 20 December 1914. Retrieved 5 August 2014
- Details of catalogue entries for some WW1 War Diaries available at the National Archives. Kew, England. Note: "It is not guaranteed to be complete"
- 1st Battalion 127th Baluch Light Infantry, Indian
- 2nd Battalion 127th Baluch Light Infantry, Indian collaborativecollections.org
References
- ↑ Lindsay, Kimberley John. MIC sans BWM/VM with 1917 IARO entry? Great War Forum 22 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
