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|dates=1826 – Present
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|colors=Blue; faced red
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|battles=[[Second Afghan War]] 1878–80 Pacification of [[Upper Burma]] 1889–93 [[First World War]] ([[First Suez Offensive|Egypt]], [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]], [[Mesopotamian Campaign|Mesopotamia]], [[Persian campaign (World War I)|Persia]]) 1914–18 [[Second World War]] ([[Burma Campaign|Burma]]) 1939–45 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|Kashmir War]] 1948 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Indo-Pakistan War]] 1965 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|Indo-Pakistan War]] 1971
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The '''26th Jacob's Mountain Battery''' was an artillery unit of the [[British Indian Army]]. The battery can trace its origins back to Golandauze Battalion (1826). In 1843 it became the 10th Company Golandauze<ref>Also spelled as Golandaz. Literally, a ball thrower in Urdu; an artilleryman or a gunner.</ref> Battalion of Bombay Foot Artillery, and became the 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery in 1903. In 1947, it was transferred to the [[Pakistan Army]], where it exists as the 1st Jacob's Battery (Baloch) of The First (SP) Medium Regiment Artillery (Frontier Force).<ref name="Ahmad 2010">Ahmad, Lt Col RN. (2010). ''Battle Honours of the Baloch Regiment''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.</ref>

==History==
The battery was raised in 1826 and renamed as the 10th Company Golandauze Battalion Bombay Foot Artillery in 1843. The Golandauze Battalion was the first native artillery unit of the [[Bombay Army]]. The gunners were dressed in blue uniforms with red facings. The manpower consisted of Muslims, [[Maratha]]s and Purbeeas.<ref> "Men of the east": from United Provinces and Bihar.</ref> In 1846, the Golandauze Battalion was split into two, and the battery was re-designated as the 3rd Company 4th Battalion Bombay Foot Artillery. During the Great [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], the battery mutinied at [[Shikarpur, Pakistan|Shikarpur]] and was disbanded. In 1862, it was re-raised and in 1864, it was re-designated as No. 2 Company Bombay Native Artillery. Meanwhile, in 1858, General [[John Jacob (British army officer)|John Jacob]] raised a unit of mountain artillery in [[Jacobabad]], [[Sindh]], called the Jacobabad Mountain Train for service on the Sindh frontier. The Jacobabad Mountain Train was manned by men of [[130th Baluchis|Jacob's Rifles]]. In 1876, the guns of Jacobabad Mountain Train were taken over by No. 2 Company Bombay Native Artillery, which was re-designated as the No. 2 Bombay Mountain Battery.<ref name="Cadell, Sir Patrick 1938">Cadell, Sir Patrick. (1938). ''History of the Bombay Army''. Longmans & Green.</ref><ref>Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2000). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1939–1956''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.</ref>

The Jacob's Battery saw service on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|Northwest Frontier of India]] and fought in the [[Second Afghan War]] of 1878–80. It also took part in the [[Lushai Expedition#Aftermath|Lushai Expedition]] of 1889 and served in [[Burma]] from 1889 to 1893 where it took part in operations against the [[Shan people|Shans]] and [[Kachin people|Kachins]]. In 1890, the battery was designated as No. 6 (Bombay) Mountain Battery, becoming Jullundur Mountain Battery in 1901 and 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery in 1903.<ref name="Cadell, Sir Patrick 1938"/>

During the [[First World War]], the 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery fought with great distinction at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]], [[First Suez Offensive|Egypt]], [[Mesopotamian Campaign|Mesopotamia]] and [[Persian campaign (World War I)|Persia]]. After the war, it again saw service on the Northwest Frontier. During the [[Second World War]], it fought in the [[Burma Campaign]] as part of the [[17th Infantry Division (India)|17th Indian Division]]. In 1944, it became an exclusively Punjabi Muslim unit. In 1947, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army, where it became the senior battery of 1 Mountain Regiment, Royal Pakistan Artillery. The battery fought in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|Kashmir War]] of 1948.<ref>Graham, Brig Gen CAL. (1957). ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery''. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.</ref>

In 1954, Jacob's Battery was affiliated with the [[Baloch Regiment|Baluch Regiment]] due to its old links and common origins with the Jacob's Rifles.<ref name="Ahmad 2010"/> In 1957, the battery was equipped with 105 mm Self Propelled Field guns and the 1st Mountain Regiment was re-designated as the 1 (SP) Field Regiment, Artillery. The regiment fought gallantly in the [[Battle of Chawinda]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. In the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], the regiment served in the Zafarwal Sector.<ref>Refaqat, Lt Col Syed. (1968). ''The First in Peace & War: An Account of the Actions of 1 (SP) Field Regiment, Artillery During 1965 War with India''. Islamabad: Printing Corporation of Pakistan.</ref><ref>Riza, Maj Gen Shaukat. (1980). ''Izzat O Iqbal: History of Pakistan Artillery (1947–1971)''. Nowshera: School of Artillery.</ref> In 1980, it was re-equipped with M109A2 self-propelled medium guns.<ref name="Ahmad 2010"/>

==Battle honours==
Afghanistan 1878–80, Suez Canal, Egypt 1915–16, Mesopotamia 1916–18, Persia 1918, Anzac, Landing at Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915.<ref name="Ahmad 2010"/><ref>Rodger, Alexander. (2003). ''Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662–1991''. Ramsbury: The Crowood Press.</ref>

==Genealogy==
*1843 – 10th Company Golandauze Battalion Bombay Foot Artillery[[File:The Bombay Artillery 1890.jpg|thumb|right|The Bombay Artillery. Chromolithograph by H Bunnett, c. 1890.|210px]]
*1846 – 3rd Company 4th Battalion Bombay Foot Artillery
*1857 – Mutinied at Shikarpur and disbanded
*1862 – Re-raised
*1864 – No. 2 Company Bombay Native Artillery
*1876 – No. 2 Mountain Battery, Bombay Artillery (amalgamation of No. 2 Company Bombay Native Artillery & Jacobabad Mountain Train – raised 1858)
*1876 – No. 2 Bombay Mountain Battery
*1890 – No. 6 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
*1901 – Jullundur Mountain Battery
*1903 – 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery
*1920 – 26th Jacob's Pack Battery
*1921 – 106th (Jacob's) Pack Battery
*1922 – 106th (Jacob's) Pack Battery (How)<ref>Howitzer</ref>
*1924 – 106th (Jacob's) Pack Battery, Royal Artillery (How)
*1927 – 6th (Jacob's) Indian Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery (How)
*1928 – 6th (Jacob's) Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery (How)
*1939 – 6th (Jacob's) Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
*1942 – 6th (Jacob's) Indian Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
*1945 – 6th (Jacob's) Indian Mountain Battery, Royal Indian Artillery
*1947 – 1st (Jacob's) Mountain Battery, Royal Pakistan Artillery
*1954 – 1st (Jacob's) Mountain Battery, Royal Pakistan Artillery (Baluch)
*1956 – 1st (Jacob's) Mountain Battery, Artillery (Baluch)
*1957 – 1st Jacob's (SP) Field Battery, Artillery (Baluch)
*1980 – 1st Jacob's (SP) Medium Battery, Artillery (Baluch)
*1991 – 1st Jacob's (SP) Medium Battery, [[Pakistan Army Artillery Corps|Artillery (Baloch)]]<ref name="Ahmad 2010"/>

==Affiliations and alliances==
* {{flag icon|Pakistan}} The [[Baloch Regiment]]

==References==
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[[Category:Artillery regiments of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Indian World War I regiments]]
[[Category:Artillery units and formations of British India]]
[[Category:1843 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1826]]

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>Lennart97 at 19:38, 4 June 2021