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due to its old links and common origins with the Jacob's Rifles. 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
191:. The battery can trace its origins back to Golandauze Battalion (1826). In 1843 it became the 10th Company Golandauze Battalion of Bombay Foot Artillery, and became the 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery in 1903. In 1947, it was transferred to the
297:. 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
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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
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Purbeeas. 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
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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.
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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
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The First in Peace & War: An
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from 1889 to 1893 where it took part in operations against the
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221:John Jacob
333:Genealogy
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271:Gallipoli
225:Jacobabad
217:Shikarpur
159:) 1939–45
150:) 1914–18
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129:1889–93
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