129th Baluchis
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Known as the 2nd Baluch Battalion in the Bombay Army
Known as the 29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1846 raised as the 2nd Baluch Battalion
- 1858 became 2nd Baluch Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1859 became 2nd Bombay Baluch Regiment
- 1861 became the 29th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1883 became 29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1888 became 29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry
- 1903 became 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
- 1922 4th Bn (Duke of Connaught's Own), 10th Baluch Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
Battle Honours
External Links
- 129th Baluchis Wikipedia
- 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis British Empire website
- 10th Baluch Regiment Wikipedia
- Khudadad Khan VC Wikipedia
- The 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis. German East Africa, October 1916 to January 1917 from Harry Fecitt’s Harry’s Africa kaiserscross.com
- 10th Baluch Regiment Defence Journal Karachi June 1999
- History of The Baloch Regiment 1820-1939 The Colonial Period Defence Journal Karachi October 2000
- History of The Baloch Regiment 1939-1956 Defence Journal Karachi November 2000
- 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 three POWs in Germany, from the 129th Baluchis, together with one from the 127th Baluchis captured at La Bassée on the Western Front on 20 December 1914. Retrieved 5 August 2014
