page_title: 10th Baluch Regiment
section_title: First World War
hierarchical_section_title: 10th Baluch Regiment / First World War
caption_attribution_description: English: Sepoy Khudadad Khan, VC, Hollebeke Sector, First Battle of Ypres, 30 October 1914.
context_page_description: The 10th Baluch or Baluch Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. After the 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.
context_section_description: 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry
  1/124th - India, Persia.
  2/124th (formed in 1916) - Mesopotamia, Egypt, Palestine, India.
  3/124th (formed in 1917) - Persia, India, Mesopotamia.
  126th Baluchistan Infantry - India, Egypt, Muscat, Aden, Mesopotamia.
  127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry
  1/127th -  India, East Africa, Persia.
  2/127th (formed in 1918) - India, Egypt, Palestine.
  129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
  1/129th - India, France, East Africa.
  2/129th (formed in 1917) - India, Mesopotamia.
  130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
  1/130th - India, East Africa, Palestine.
  2/130th (formed in 1918) - India.
  During the First World War, most of the regiments raised second battalions, while the 124th Baluchistan Infantry raised two battalions. Only 2/124th Baluchistan Infantry of the wartime raisings was retained after the post-war reforms.
  The 129th DCO Baluchis served on the Western Front in France and Belgium, where they became the first Indian regiment to attack the Germans and the only Indian regiment to fight in both the First & Second Battles of Ypres. At Hollebeke, during the First Ypres, Sepoy Khudadad Khan became the first Muslim and pre partition Indian soldier to win the Victoria Cross; Britain's highest decoration for valour. Prior to 1911 pre partition Indian soldiers had not been eligible for the Victoria Cross. The battalion would go on to serve with distinction in German East Africa alongside the 127th QMO Baluch Light Infantry and 130th KGO Baluchis. Meanwhile, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of 124th DCO Baluchistan Infantry served in Persia, while the 2nd distinguished itself in Mesopotamia and Palestine.
caption: Sepoy Khudadad Khan, VC, 129th DCO Baluchis, Hollebeke Sector, First Battle of Ypres, 31 October 1914.
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