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created 1 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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10th Baluch
Regiment
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1922.03.01 | 10th
Baluch Regiment formed by union: |
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| 1945.10 | The Baluch Regiment | |
| 1947 | allocated to Pakistan at partition and independence | |
| 1956 | united
with 8th Punjab Regiment, and The
Bahawalpur Regiment, to form The Baluch Regiment |
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10th Baluch Regiment, by John Gaylor (PakDef Military Consortium) | |
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10th Baluch Regiment, by John Gaylor (Defence Journal) | |
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10th Baluch Regiment, by John Gaylor (Balochunity.org) | |
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The Baloch Regiment, by Babar Mahmud (Orbat.com) | |
| Regimental Centre: | ||
| Rajkot [1923-1946], Karachi [1946-1956?] | ||
| Regulars: | ||
| 1st Battalion (Duchess of Connaught's Own) [1922-1956] | ||
| 2nd Battalion [1922-1942, 1946-1956] | ||
| 3rd Battalion (Queen Mary's Own) [1922-1956] | ||
| 4th Battalion (Duke of Connaught's Own) [1922-1956] | ||
| 5th Battalion (King George's Own) ( Jacob's Rifles) [1922-1956] | ||
| 6th Battalion [1940-1947] | ||
| 7th Battalion [1940-1956] | ||
| 8th Battalion [1941-1946] | ||
| 9th Battalion [1941-1946] | ||
| 10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1943] | ||
| 11th Battalion [not formed] | ||
| 12th Battalion [not formed] | ||
| 13th Battalion [not formed] | ||
| 14th Battalion [1941-1946] | ||
| 15th Battalion [not formed] | ||
| 16th Battalion [1941-1946] | ||
| 17th Battalion [1942-1946?] | ||
| 18th Battalion [1943?-1944] | ||
| 25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1943?] | ||
| 26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946] | ||
| Machine Gun Battalion [1942-1942] | ||
| Territorials: | ||
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| [combined
battle honours of the
124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan
Infantry, 126th Baluchistan Infantry,
127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry,
129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis,
130th King George's Own Baluchis
(Jacob's Rifles),
plus:]
The Great War:1 Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 '15, Gheluvelt, Festubert 1914, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, St. Julien, France and Flanders 1914-15, Egypt 1915, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1918, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916-18, Aden, Persia 1915-18, Kilimanjaro, Behobeho, E Africa 1915-18, NW Frontier India 1917 The Second World War: Gallabat, Barentu, Keren, Massawa, The Cauldron, Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, North Africa 1940-43, Landing in Sicily, Sicily 1943, Castel Frentano, Orsogna, Arezzo, Monte Cedrone, Citta di Castello, Monte Calvo, Gothic Line, Plan di Castello, croce, Gemmano Ridge, San Marino, San Paulo-Monte Spacata, Monte Cavallo, Cesena, Savio Bridgehead, Casa Bettini, Idice Bridgehead, Italy 1943-45, Athens, Greece 1944-45, North Malaya, Machang, Singapore Island, Malaya 1941-42, Kuzeik, North Arakan, Point 551 Maungdaw, Shwebo, Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead, Mandalay, Capture of Meiktila, Defence of Meiktila, The Irrawaddy, Pegu 1945, Sittang 1945, Burma 1942-45 1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.] |
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| 1924.09.09 | F.M. HM King George V | |
| 1937? | F.M. HRH Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD | |
| 2nd Battalion: | ||
| 1928.12.14 | F.M. Sir Claude William Jacob, GCB, GCSI, KCMG [also Col. Worcestershire Regt, Hazara Pnrs; Hon. Col. 6th Bn Seaforth Hldrs; CGS India 1920-24, C-in-C India; Constable of the Tower 1938-43] | |
| 4th Battalion: | ||
| 1922 | F.M. HRH Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD | |
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| Colonel, 2nd Battalion: | ||
| 1928.12.14 | F.M. Sir Claude William Jacob, GCB, GCSI, KCMG [also Worcestershire Regt; CGS India 1920-24, C-in-C India; Constable of the Tower 1938-43] | |
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Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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Bandhari Ram VC, by Ed Haynes (International Phaleristic Encyclopedia). | |
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Fazal Din VC, by Ed Haynes (International Phaleristic Encyclopedia). | |
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| Regimental Journal: | ||
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| Full Histories: | ||
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Ahmad, Rafiuddin. History of The Baloch Regiment 1820-1939: the colonial period. Abbottabad : Baloch Regiment Centre, 1998. {review} | |
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Ahmad, Rafiuddin. History of The Baloch Regiment 1939-1956. Abbottabad : Baloch Regiment Centre, 2000. {review} | |
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