page_title: Baloch Regiment
section_title: 10th Baluch Regiment
hierarchical_section_title: Baloch Regiment / Baloch Regiment in the Second World War / 10th Baluch Regiment
caption_attribution_description: English: Officers of 7/10th Baluch (now 15 Baloch, Pakistan Army) after the fall of Pegu, Burma, 1945.
context_page_description: The Baloch Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. The modern regiment was formed in May 1956 by the merger of 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments with the Baluch Regiment. Since then, further raisings have brought the strength of the Regiment to 57 active battalions. The Baloch Regiment is descended from the infantry of the old British Indian Army and is named after Balochistan. Before 1991, it was called the Baluch Regiment but the spelling was changed to 'Baloch' to better reflect the correct pronunciation.
  The Baloch Regiment is second in seniority after the Punjab Regiment. Its senior-most battalion was raised more than two hundred years ago, in 1798. The regiment has a distinguished record of military service both before and after the independence of Pakistan. It has won numerous gallantry awards including 6 Victoria Cross, one George Cross, 6 Hilal-i-Jurat with one bar, 68 Sitara-i-Jurat with 4 bars, and 81 Tamgha-i-Jurat. The Regiment’s long list of battle honours dates from the Battle of Cochin in 1809 to the Battle of Qaisar-i-Hind in 1971.
context_section_description: 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 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.
  During the Second World War, the 10th Baluch regiment raised ten new battalions. The regiment fought in all the major theatres of war, and its record of service 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. At the end of 1945, the 10th Baluch Regiment lost its number and became The Baluch Regiment.
caption: Officers of 7/10th Baluch (15 Baloch) after the fall of Pegu, Burma, 1945.
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