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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.

==First World War==In addition to the [[Western Front]], 1/127th Baluchis were part of the Bushire Field Force in 1918 and are mentioned in ''Operations in Persia''.<ref>Lindsay, Kimberley John. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/254405-mic-sans-bwmvm-with-1917-iaro-entry/?do=findComment&comment=2575297 MIC sans BWM/VM with 1917 IARO entry?] ''Great War Forum'' 22 October 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.</ref> See the Fibiwiki page [[Norperforce]]. ==Second World War==The regiment served in India, Iraq, Egypt, Italy and Greece.<ref>dryan67 [Ryan, David A] [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/3rd-battalion-the-baulch-regiment-which-indian-infantry-division.74438/#post-799013 3rd Battalion The Baulch Regiment. Which Indian Infantry Division?] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 10 September, 2018. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History] 19 April 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2018.</ref> == External Links links ==

*[httphttps://wwwcollection.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3Dindian%2520mutiny%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D9&pos=5&total=299&page=9&acc=1963-08-176-1 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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810040612/http://www.defencejournal.com/jun99/10th-baluch.htm 10th Baluch Regiment] ''Defence Journal'' Karachi June 1999, now archived. Probably an extract from ''Sons Of John Company'' by John Gaylor*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160807232010/http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/oct/bookreview.htm History of The Baloch Regiment 1820-1939 The Colonial Period] ''Defence Journal'' Karachi October 2000, now archived.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170627173123/http://www.defencejournal.com:80/2000/nov/baloch.htm History of The Baloch Regiment 1939-1956] ''Defence Journal'' Karachi November 2000, now archived.*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/420601.html "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". [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc_002_0937.pdf html version], [http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc_002_0937.pdf 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" **[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/1st_Battalion_127th_Baluch_Light_Infantry,_Indian 1st Battalion 127th Baluch Light Infantry, Indian]**[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/2nd_Battalion_127th_Baluch_Light_Infantry,_Indian 2nd Battalion 127th Baluch Light Infantry, Indian] collaborativecollections.org===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/ordresdecosmedalsept2013dixn/page/n51/mode/1up "An East African I.O.M. pair awarded to Private Sube Khan, 1st Baluch Light Infantry"] - awarded for gallantry in action against Sudanese mutineers, 9-10 October 1898. [with image] Item 442 (digital page 52) ''Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria'' Auction catalogue by Dix Noonan Webb 19th September 2013. Archive.org*''Capital Campaigners: The History Of The 3rd Battalion (Queen Mary’s Own) The Baluch Regiment'' by Lieutenant-Colonel W. E. Maxwell 1948 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/capital-campaigners-the-history-of-the-3rd-battalion-queen-marys-own-the-baluch-regiment/ ''Capital Campaigners: The History Of The 3rd Battalion (Queen Mary’s Own) The Baluch Regiment''] by Lieutenant-Colonel W. E. Maxwell. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19aUGwPZm3 online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], located in International/Military Books/Britain.