124th Baluchistan Infantry (The Duke of Connaught's Own)

Known as the 24th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as the 124th Baluchistan Infantry in the Indian Army

Chronology

1820 raised as the 2nd (Marine) Battalion, 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
1824 became the 24th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
1885 became the 24th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
1891 became the 24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry
1895 became the 24th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry
1901 became the 24th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan) Bombay Infantry
1903 became the 124th (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchistan Infantry
1922 became the 1st (Duchess of Connaught's Own) Bn/10th Baluch Regiment
1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

The First Battalion Duchess of Connaught's Own (late 124th D.C.O. Baluchistan Infantry) and the Tenth Battalion (late 2/124th Baluchistan Infantry) the Tenth Baluch Regiment by O. A. Chaldecott. 1935. Available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01001795354 .

124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry Wikipedia
124th Baluchistan Infantry The British Empire website
10th Baluch Regiment Wikipedia
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.
1975 interview, with transcript 1 and transcript 2, with Colonel J.S. Lord, Indian Army Officer, 124th Baluchistan Infantry. Colonel Lord tells of his experiences of the Army in India and Persia during the First World War, including a anecdote of the infamous influenza. He refers to actions around Bushire which involved Wassmuss, the “German Lawrence” [who was the German Consul at Bushire], see "Where Is Wassmuss ?" paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Auckland Star, 28 June 1919.

Page 159 Persia by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 briefly mentions the 124th Baluchis in Persia with the South Persia Rifles during the First World War