10th Baluch Regiment - Second World War

Second World War

  • 1st Battalion - India, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon.
  • 2nd Battalion - India, Malaya. Captured at Singapore in 1942. Reformed in 1946 by redesignation of 9/10th Baluch.
  • 3rd Battalion - India, Iran, Iraq, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Greece.
  • 4th Battalion - India, Italian East Africa, North Africa, Cyprus, Italy.
  • 5th Battalion - India, 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.
  • 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.

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. 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.

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