Kohat Mountain Battery

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Chronology

  • 1851 raised as the No 1 Horse Light Field Battery, Punjab Irregular Force at Bannu by Lt. H. Hammond from disbanded Sikh artillerymen following the 2nd Sikh War
  • 1876 became the 1st Kohat Mountain Battery
  • 1903 became the 21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
  • 1920 became the 21st Kohat Pack Battery (Frontier Force)
  • 1921 became the 101st (Kohat) Pack Battery
  • 1924 became part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery as the 101st (Kohat) Pack Battery R.A. (F.F.)
  • 1927 became the 1st Royal (Kohat) Indian Mountain Battery, R.A. (F.F.)
  • 1928 became the 1st Royal (Kohat) Mountain Battery, R.A. (F.F.)
  • 1939 became the 1st (Kohat) Mountain Battery F.F.
  • 1947 allocated to India

First World War

The 21st Kohat Mountain Battery served at Gallipoli. There was a connection with the Australian Pte John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance, AIF well known in Australia as "Simpson and his donkey".[1]

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. michaeldr Dust, donkeys and Delusions Great War Forum 06 August 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.