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| unit_name = 10th Baluch Regiment
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| dates = 1922–1956
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The '''10th Baluch''' or '''Baluch Regiment''' <ref>after the province of [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Baluchistan]]</ref> was a [[regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] from 1922 to 1947. After [[Partition of India|independence]], it was transferred to the [[Pakistan Army]]. In 1956, it was amalgamated with the [[8th Punjab Regiment|8th Punjab]] and [[Bahawalpur Regiment]]s. During more than a hundred years of military service, the 10th Baluch Regiment acquired a distinguished record amongst the regiments of the British Indian Army. Its list of honours and awards includes four [[Victoria Cross]]es.

==The Bombay Army==
The Baluch Regiment originated in the Army of [[Bombay Presidency]] in 1844, when Sir [[Charles James Napier|Charles Napier]] raised the 1st Belooch (old spelling of Baluch) Battalion (raised as the Scinde Beloochee Corps and designated as 27th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1861) for local service in the newly conquered province of [[Sindh]]. Two years later, another Belooch battalion was raised (designated as the 29th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1861), while in 1858, [[John Jacob (British army officer)|John Jacob]] raised Jacob's Rifles (30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry), which would soon become the 3rd Belooch Regiment. The term 'local' was interpreted fairly loosely when it became necessary to send the 2nd Beloochees to the [[Anglo-Persian War|Persian War]] in 1856-57, a campaign frequently overshadowed by the events of the [[Indian Mutiny]] in 1857. The 1st was in Karachi when the news of the insurrection reached the Commissioner. Sir [[Bartle Frere]] dispatched them with all haste, on foot across the Sindh desert in May, to join the siege artillery train on its way to Delhi; the only Bombay unit to join the Delhi Field Force. The regiment was brought into line for its services in North India as the 27th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. Meanwhile, the 2nd Beloochees were also regularized as the 29th Regiment. In 1862, the 2nd Beloochees were dispatched to [[China]] to suppress the [[Taiping Rebellion]]. Two years later, they became some of the first foreign troops to be stationed in [[Japan]], when two companies were sent to [[Yokohama]] as a part of the [[Yamate#British Military Garrison|garrison guarding the British legation]]. The 1st Beloochees greatly distinguished themselves in the tough [[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia|Abyssinian Campaign]] of 1868 and were made [[Light Infantry]] as a reward. All Baloch battalions took part in the [[Second Afghan War]] of 1878-80, where the Jacob's Rifles suffered heavy casualties at the [[Battle of Maiwand]]. The 1st Belooch Regiment again distinguished itself in 1885-87 during the Third Burma War.<ref name="Gaylor 1992">{{cite book|last=Gaylor|first=J|title=Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–1991|publisher=Spellmount|year=1992}}</ref><ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 1998">Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (1998). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1820-1939''. BRC.</ref>

In 1891, two battalions of Bombay Infantry also became "Baluchi," when they were reconstituted with Baluchis, Hazaras and Pathans from [[Baluchistan]] and localized in the province. The first of these, the 24th (Baluchistan) Infantry was raised in 1820, while the other, 26th (Baluchistan) Infantry was raised in 1825.<ref>Chaldecott, Lt Col OA. (1935). ''The First Battalion (DCO) and the Tenth Battalion, the Tenth Baluch Regiment''. Gale & Polden.</ref> Following the [[Kitchener Reforms]] of 1903, these battalions were redesignated as 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]] and [[130th King George's Own Baluchis|130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)]]. In 1914, their full dress uniforms included red trousers worn with [[rifle green]] or drab tunics.<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 1998"/><ref>{{cite book|first=Wendell|last=Schollander|pages=371–373|title=Glory of the Empires 1880-1914|date=9 July 2018|isbn=978-0-7524-8634-5}}</ref>[[File:127 Baluch Light Inf.jpg|thumb|right|127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry. Watercolour by AC Lovett, ''c.'' 1910.]]

==First World War==
*[[124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry]][[File:Action by Sepoy Khudadad Khan VC Ypres.jpg|thumb|right|Sepoy Khudadad Khan, VC, 129th DCO Baluchis, Hollebeke Sector, First Battle of Ypres, 31 October 1914.]]
**1/124th - India, Persia.
**2/124th (formed in 1916) - Mesopotamia, Egypt, Palestine, India.
**3/124th (formed in 1917) - Persia, India, Mesopotamia.
*[[126th Baluchistan Infantry]] - India, Egypt, Muscat, Aden, Mesopotamia.
*[[127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry]]
**1/127th - India, East Africa, Persia.
**2/127th (formed in 1918) - India, Egypt, Palestine.
*[[129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis]]
**1/129th - India, France, East Africa.
**2/129th (formed in 1917) - India, Mesopotamia.
*[[130th King George's Own Baluchis|130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)]]
**1/130th - India, East Africa, Palestine.
**2/130th (formed in 1918) - India.

During the First World War, most of the regiments raised second battalions, while the 124th Baluchistan Infantry raised two battalions. Only 2/124th Baluchistan Infantry of the wartime raisings was retained after the post-war reforms.

The 129th DCO Baluchis served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] in [[France]] and [[Belgium]], where they became the first Indian regiment to attack the Germans and the only Indian regiment to fight in both the [[First Battle of Ypres|First]] & [[Second Battle of Ypres|Second Battles of Ypres]]. At [[Hollebeke]], during the First Ypres, Sepoy [[Khudadad Khan]] became the first Muslim and pre partition Indian soldier to win the Victoria Cross; Britain's highest decoration for valour. Prior to 1911 pre partition Indian soldiers had not been eligible for the Victoria Cross. The battalion would go on to serve with distinction in German East Africa alongside the 127th QMO Baluch Light Infantry and 130th KGO Baluchis. Meanwhile, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of 124th DCO Baluchistan Infantry served in Persia, while the 2nd distinguished itself in Mesopotamia and Palestine.<ref name="Ahmad 2010"/>

==Inter-War Period==
After the First World War, a major re-organization of British Indian Army took place. Most of the wartime units were disbanded, while the remaining single-battalion regiments were merged to form large regimental groups of 4-6 battalions each. Among these was the '''10th Baluch Regiment''', formed in 1922 at [[Rajkot]] (Rajasthan) from the five old Baluch battalions and the second battalion of 124th Baluchistan Infantry. The regimental depot later shifted to Karachi. The distinctive rifle green and red uniform of the old Baluch battalions was adopted by the entire regiment. The officers wore a cherry boss surmounted by a silver 'X' on field and forage caps, while the old battalion badges continued to be worn on pagris and helmets by the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions. It was not until 1945 that a single cap badge was adopted by the regiment on introduction of [[beret]]s during the [[Second World War]]. It consisted of a Roman numeral 'X' within a crescent moon, a crown above and title scroll below, all in white metal. The badges of rank were in black metal with red edging, while the lanyard was of rifle green cord with two red runners. Another distinctive feature of Baluchi uniforms were plain silver ball buttons worn on service and mess dresses.<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 1998"/><ref>Poulsom, Lt Col NW, and Ahmad, Lt Col RN. (2011). ''Uniforms & Devices of the Baloch Regiment''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.</ref><ref>''Dress Regulations (India) 1931''. Calcutta: Army Department.</ref>[[File:Colour Presentation, 1st, 4th, 5th and 10th Bns, Karachi, 15 November 1929.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph with [[William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood|Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood]], C-in-C in India, on occasion of [[Colours, standards and guidons|Colour]] Presentation to the 1st, 4th, 5th and 10th Battalions of 10th Baluch Regiment. Karachi, 15 November 1929.|295px]]

The line up of the new regiment was:<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 1998"/>
*1st Battalion (DCO) - 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry.
*2nd Battalion - 126th Baluchistan Infantry.
*3rd Battalion (QMO) - 127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry.
*4th Battalion (DCO) - 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis.
*5th Battalion (KGO) - 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles).
*10th (Training) Battalion - 2/124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry.

==Second World War==
*1st Battalion - India, [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|Iran]], [[Anglo-Iraqi War|Iraq]], [[Syria-Lebanon Campaign|Syria]], [[Syria-Lebanon Campaign|Lebanon]].
*2nd Battalion - India, [[Malayan Campaign|Malaya]]. Captured at [[Singapore]] in 1942. Reformed in 1946 by redesignation of 9/10th Baluch.
*3rd Battalion - India, Iran, Iraq, [[North African Campaign|North Africa]], [[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily]], [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy]], [[Greek Civil War|Greece]].[[File:7-10 Baluch Burma, 1945 12x10.jpg|thumb|right|Officers of 7/10th Baluch after the fall of Pegu, Burma, 1945.|250px]]
*4th Battalion - India, [[East African Campaign (World War II)|Italian East Africa]], North Africa, [[Cyprus]], Italy.
*5th Battalion - India, [[Burma Campaign|Burma]].
*6th Battalion - Raised in 1940. India. Disbanded 1947; re-raised 1948.
*7th Battalion - Raised in 1940. India, Burma.
*8th Battalion - Raised in 1941. India, Burma. Disbanded 1946; re-raised 1948.
*9th Battalion - Raised in 1941. India. Redesignated as 2/10th Baluch in 1946.
*10th Battalion - Converted into Regimental Centre in 1942.
*14th Battalion - Raised in 1941. India, Burma, Malaya, [[Siam]]. Disbanded 1946.
*15th Battalion - Raised in 1941. Became a training battalion. India. Disbanded 1946.
*16th Battalion - Raised in 1941. India, Burma, Malaya. Disbanded 1946.
*[[19 Baloch Regiment#17.2F10 Baluch|17th Battalion]] - Raised in 1942 by conversion of 53rd Regiment, Indian Armoured Corps. India, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Greece, [[Libya]].
*18th Battalion - Raised as 25th Garrison Battalion in 1941. Redesignated as 18/10th Baluch in 1943. India. Disbanded 1944.
*25th Garrison Battalion - Raised in 1941. On conversion to active status, it was redesignated as 18/10th Baluch in 1943.
*26th Garrison Battalion - Raised in 1942. India. Disbanded 1946.
*Machine Gun Battalion - Raised on 15 April 1942. Converted into 53rd Regiment, Indian Armoured Corps in August 1942. Redesignated as 17/10th Baluch in November 1942.<ref name="Gaylor 1992"/><ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 2000">Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2000). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1939-1956''. BRC.</ref><ref>Thatcher, WS. (1980). ''The Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Second World War''. BRC.</ref>

The regiment's record of service in the war was once again most impressive. It suffered 6572 casualties and won numerous gallantry awards including two Victoria Crosses to Naik [[Fazal Din]] and Sepoy [[Bhandari Ram]] - both in the [[Burma campaign|Burma Campaign]].<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 2000" /> [[Siri Kanth Korla]] was a company commander of the 7/10th Baluch Regiment who was awarded a Distinguished Service Order and a Military Cross in the Burma Campaign.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Randle |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQv6zlCwxOYC |title=Battle Tales from Burma |date=2004-01-01 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |isbn=978-1-84415-112-7 |pages=126 |language=en}}</ref> During the Second World War, the regiment raised another ten battalions, although most of them were disbanded after the war. At the end of 1945, the 10th Baluch Regiment lost its number and became '''The Baluch Regiment'''.<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 2000"/>

==Post-independence==
At the time of [[Partition of India|independence]], the active battalions were 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th & 17th. The regiment was allotted to Pakistan. Dogra companies of the Baluch Regiment were transferred to the Indian Army. The Regimental Centre shifted to [[Quetta]] in 1947 to make room for the Government offices in the new capital of Pakistan.<ref name="Gaylor 1992"/> In 1948, the 6th and 8th Battalions were re-raised in response to the war with India in Kashmir, where the 4th Battalion greatly distinguished itself in the Battle of Pandu. In 1956, major reorganization took place in the Pakistan Army and larger infantry groups were created by amalgamating the existing infantry regiments. As a result, the [[8th Punjab Regiment|8th Punjab]] and [[Bahawalpur Regiment]]s were absorbed by the Baluch Regiment (now called the [[Baloch Regiment]]). The new line up of the regiment was:<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 2000"/>[[File:Naik Fazal Din VC.jpg|thumb|right|Naik [[Fazal Din]], [[Victoria Cross|VC]], 7/10th Baluch.|185px]]
* 1 Baluch - 1/8th Punjab (The Gallant One)
* 2 Baluch - 2/8th Punjab
* 3 Baluch - 3/8th Punjab
* 4 Baluch - 4/8th Punjab (Prince of Wales's Own)
* 5 Baluch - 5/8th Punjab (Burma)
* 6 Baluch - 1 Baluch (Duchess of Connaught's Own)
* 7 Baluch - 2 Baluch
* 8 Baluch - 1 Bahawalpur (Sadiq)
* 9 Baluch - 2 Bahawalpur (Haroon)
* 10 Baluch - 3 Baluch (Queen Mary's Own)
* 11 Baluch - 4 Baluch (Duke of Connaught's Own)
* 12 Baluch - 5 Baluch (King George V's Own) (Jacob's Rifles)
* 13 Baluch - 6/8th Punjab
* 14 Baluch - 6 Baluch
* 15 Baluch - 7 Baluch
* 16 Baluch - 8 Baluch
* 17 Baluch - 8/8th Punjab
* 18 Baluch - 9/8th Punjab
* 19 Baluch (SSG) - 17 Baluch
* 20 Baluch - 3 Bahawalpur (Abbas)
* 21 Baluch - 4 Bahawalpur

==Battle Honours==
* [[Aden#British administration 1839–1967|Aden]], [[Anglo-Persian War|Reshire]], [[Anglo-Persian War|Bushire]], [[Battle of Khushab|Khoosh-ab]], [[Anglo-Persian War|Persia]], [[Delhi 1857]], [[Central India Campaign (1858)|Central India]], [[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia|Abyssinia]], [[Kandahar 1880]], [[Second Afghan War|Afghanistan 1878-80]], [[Battle of Tel el-Kebir|Tel-el-Kebir]], [[Egypt 1882]], [[Burma 1885–87]], [[British East Africa 1896]], [[British East Africa 1897-99]], [[The Boxer Rebellion|China 1900]].
* '''World War I''': [[Battle of Messines (1914)|Messines 1914]], [[Battle of Armentières|Armentières 1914]], [[Ypres 1914]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Gheluvelt]], Festubert 1914, [[Givenchy 1914]], [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle|Neuve Chapelle]], [[Ypres 1915]], [[Second Battle of Ypres|St Julien]], [[France and Flanders 1914–15]], [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign|Egypt 1915]], [[Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]], [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Sharon]], [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign|Palestine 1918]], Aden, [[Kut al Amara 1917]], [[Fall of Baghdad (1917)|Baghdad]], [[Mesopotamia 1916–18]], [[Persian campaign (World War I)|Persia 1915-18]], [[North-West Frontier (military history)#1914–1918 (First World War)|NW Frontier, India 1917]], [[East African Campaign (World War I)|Kilimanjaro]], [[East African Campaign (World War I)|Behobeho]], [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East Africa 1915-18]].
* [[Third Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]].
* '''World War II''': [[Battle of Gallabat|Gallabat]], [[East African Campaign (World War II)#Agordat and Barentu|Barentu]], [[Battle of Keren|Keren]], [[East African Campaign (World War II)#Massawa|Massawa]], [[East African Campaign (World War II)|Abyssinia 1940-41]], [[Battle of Gazala|The Cauldron]], [[First Battle of El Alamein#Battle of Mersa Matruh|Mersa Matruh]], [[First Battle of El Alamein|Ruweisat Ridge]], [[Second Battle of El Alamein|El Alamein]], [[North Africa 1940–43]], [[Landing in Sicily]], [[Sicily 1943]], [[Moro River Campaign|Castel Frentano]], [[Moro River Campaign|Orsogna]], [[Trasimene Line|Arezzo]], [[Trasimene Line|Monte Cedrone]], [[Trasimene Line|Citta di Castello]], [[Gothic Line]], [[Gothic Line|Monte Calvo]], [[Gothic Line|Pian di Castello]], [[Gothic Line#Battles for Gemmano and Croce|Croce]], [[Gothic Line#Battles for Gemmano and Croce|Gemmano Ridge]], [[Battle of San Marino|San Marino]], [[Gothic Line|Monte Farneto]], [[Gothic Line|San Paolo-Monte Spaccato]], [[Gothic Line#Time runs out for the Allies|Cesena]], [[Gothic Line#Time runs out for the Allies|Savio Bridgehead]], [[Gothic Line#Time runs out for the Allies|Casa Bettini]], [[Spring 1945 offensive in Italy|Idice Bridgehead]], [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy 1943-45]], [[Greek Civil War|Athens]], [[Greek Civil War|Greece 1944-45]], [[Malayan Campaign#Japan invades|North Malaya]], [[Malayan Campaign#Advance down the Malayan Peninsula|Machang]], [[Battle of Singapore|Singapore Island]], [[Malaya 1941–42]], [[Japanese conquest of Burma|Kuzeik]], [[Burma Campaign#Southern front 1943/44|North Arakan]], [[Burma Campaign#Southern front 1943/44|Maungdaw]], [[Burma Campaign#Southern front 1943/44|Point 551]], [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay#Opening movements|Shwebo]], [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay#Crossing the Irrawaddy|Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead]], [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Mandalay]], [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Capture of Meiktila]], [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Defence of Meiktila]], [[Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations|The Irrawaddy]], [[Burma Campaign 1944–1945#Race for Rangoon|Pegu 1945]], [[Burma Campaign 1944–1945#Final operations|Sittang 1945]], [[Burma 1942–45]].
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|Kashmir 1948]].<ref name="Ahmad 2010">Ahmad, Lt Col RN. (2010). ''Battle Honours of the Baloch Regiment''. BRC.</ref><ref>Rodger, Alexander. (2003). ''Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662-1991''. The Crowood Press.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Baloch Regiment]]
*Brig Gen [[John Jacob (British army officer)|John Jacob]], CB
*Gen Sir Garrett [[O'Moore Creagh]], VC, GCB, GCSI
*Field Marshal Sir [[Claud Jacob]], GCB, GCSI, KCMG
*Lt Gen Sir [[Harold Rawdon Briggs]], KCIE, KBE, CB, DSO & 2 Bars
*Maj Gen [[Abrar Hussain (general)|Abrar Hussain]], HJ, MBE
*Lt [[William Alexander Kerr]], VC
*Sep [[Khudadad Khan]], VC
*Nk [[Fazal Din]], VC
*Sep [[Bhandari Ram]], VC
*[[List of regiments of the British Indian Army (1903)]]
*[[List of regiments of the British Indian Army (1922)]]

==References & Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* Ahmad, Lt Col Rifat Nadeem. (2010). ''Battle Honours of the Baloch Regiment''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.
* Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (1998). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1820-1939''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. {{ISBN|1-84734-130-6}}
* Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2000). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1939-1956''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. {{ISBN|1-84574-094-7}}
* Barthorp, Michael, & Jeffrey Burn. (1979). ''Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914''. Osprey Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-85045-307-2}}
* Cadell, Sir Patrick. (1938). ''History of the Bombay Army''. London: Longmans & Green
* Chaldecott, Lt Col OA. (1935). ''The First Battalion (DCO) and the Tenth Battalion, the Tenth Baluch Regiment''. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.
*Gaylor, John (1992). ''Sons of John Company: Indian and Pakistan Armies, 1903-1991'', Spellmount Publishers Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-946771-98-1}}.
* Maxwell, Lt Col WE. (1948). ''Capital Campaigners: The History of the 3rd Battalion (Queen Mary’s Own) the Baluch Regiment''. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.
* Poulsom, Lt Col NW, and Ahmad, Lt Col RN. (2011). ''Uniforms & Devices of the Baloch Regiment''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.
* Rodger, Alexander. (2003). ''Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662-1991''. Ramsbury: The Crowood Press. {{ISBN|1-86126-637-5}}
* Thatcher, WS. (1932). ''The Fourth Battalion, Duke of Connaught's Own, Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Great War''. Cambridge: The University Press. {{ISBN|1-84734-752-5}}
* Thatcher, WS. (1980). ''The Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Second World War''. Abbottabad: The Baluch Regimental Centre.

==External links==
*''History of the Baloch Regiment 1820–1939 the Colonial Period'', text of [https://archive.today/20121208200149/http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-baloch-regiment-1820-1939-pr-18025.html pages 1 to 15] available online as download preview

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