1st Indian regiment to see action in WW1
Officers of the first Indian regiment to come into action during the First World War, the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Indian Army. It composed of six companies of trans-frontier Pathans from independent territory on the North West Frontier of India and two companies of Punjabi Musselmans from Rawal Pindi and Jhelum districts. The regiment had the additional distinction of being the first Indian regiment to have a recipient of the V.C. Private Khuda Dad
Picture No
10700825
Media ID
46683709
Size
5400px x 3034px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattribted photograph in The Tatler, 23 December 1914
Date
1914
