24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force): Difference between revisions

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|dates=1851–

|country={{flag|British India}}<br />{{flag|India}}

|branch={{army|British India|23px}}<br />[[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|23px]] [[Indian Army]]

During [[World War I]], the 4th left India in 1917, for [[East Africa]] where it would remain until the Armistice. Between the wars, the Battery saw service in the [[Third Afghan War]] of 1919, the [[Afridi Redshirt Rebellion, Indian North West Frontier 1930–1931|Afridi and Red Shirt Rebellion (1930–1)]], the [[Mohmand and Bajaur Operations (1933)]], and operations against the [[Fakir of Ipi]] in the [[Waziristan campaign 1936–1939]].<ref>{{cite book|last=India|first=Government of|title= Official History of Operations on the North-West Frontier of India 1920-1935|year=1935|publisher=Manager of Publications, Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=India|first=Government of|title=Official History of Operations on the N. W. Frontier of India 1936–37|year=1943|publisher=Manager of Publications, Delhi }}</ref>

It was deployed in 1939 as part of the [[22 Medium Regiment (India)|22nd Mountain Regiment]] for the [[Malayan campaign]] of [[World War II]]. It took part in the [[Battle of Jitra]] and the [[Battle of Singapore|Singapore]] and entered Japanese captivity with the rest of the garrison. Following the independence of India, the regiment was allotted to the [[Indian Army]].<ref name="Mountain"/> Shortly after it took part in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]]. The battery was transferred to [[56 Field Regiment (India)|56 Mountain Composite Regiment (Pack)]] in April 1964.

*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=978-0-9776072-8-0}}