The 10th Baluch or Baluch Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. After independence, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was amalgamated with the 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments. 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 Crosses.
10th Baluch Regiment
127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry. Watercolour by AC Lovett, c. 1910.
Sepoy Khudadad Khan, VC, 129th DCO Baluchis, Hollebeke Sector, First Battle of Ypres, 31 October 1914.
Photograph with Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood, C-in-C in India, on occasion of Colour Presentation to the 1st, 4th, 5th and 10th Battalions of 10th Baluch Regiment. Karachi, 15 November 1929.
The 8th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947 and merged with the Baluch Regiment in 1956.
8th Punjab Regiment
King George VI inspecting 3/8th Punjab, Siena, Italy, 26 July 1944.
Indian Officers of 1st Battalion 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry), Poona, 1920.
Naik Shahmed Khan, VC, 89th Punjabis.
