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Picture No 10700825
Date 1914
Description 1st Indian regiment to see action in WW1
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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.
Source Unattribted photograph in The Tatler, 23 December 1914
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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