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|battles=[[Second Afghan War]]<br>[[Second Burmese War]]<br>[[Hunza 1891]]<br>[[Chitral Expedition]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[Third Afghan War]]<br>[[Afridi and Red Shirt Rebellion (1930–1)]]<br>[[Mohmand and Bajaur Operations (1933)]]<br>[[Waziristan campaign 1936–1939]]<br>[[World War II]] | |battles=[[Second Afghan War]]<br>[[Second Burmese War]]<br>[[Hunza–Nagar Campaign|Hunza 1891]]<br>[[Chitral Expedition]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[Third Afghan War]]<br>[[Afridi Redshirt Rebellion, Indian North West Frontier 1930–1931|Afridi and Red Shirt Rebellion (1930–1)]]<br>[[Mohmand and Bajaur Operations (1933)]]<br>[[Waziristan campaign 1936–1939]]<br>[[World War II]] | ||
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The '''24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)''' was an artillery battery of the [[British Indian Army]]. The battery was raised in 1851, at [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]] in order to help defend the [[Hazara District]] of the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North West Frontier]]. The 4th soon saw action in numerous small campaigns on the North West Frontier. In 1878, the 4th took part in the [[Second Afghan War]] at the [[Battle of Ali Masjid]], and later took part in the [[Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment]], where it remained as part of the garrison when the rest of the force marched on [[Kandahar]]. In 1885, the Battery took part in the [[Second Burmese War]]. It was at Hunza during the campaign in 1891. In 1895, the Battery was back fighting on the Frontier as part of the [[Chitral Expedition]].To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the [[Rawalpindi Parade 1905]]. 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 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]]. It was deployed to Singapore at the opening of [[World War II]], and entered Japanese captivity with the rest of the garrison. | The '''24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)''' was an artillery battery of the [[British Indian Army]]. | ||
The battery was raised in 1851, at [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]] in order to help defend the [[Hazara District]] of the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North West Frontier]]. The 4th soon saw action in numerous small campaigns on the North West Frontier. In 1878, the 4th took part in the [[Second Afghan War]] at the [[Battle of Ali Masjid]], and later took part in the [[Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment]] in Kabul, where it remained as part of the garrison when the rest of the force marched on [[Kandahar]]. In 1885, the Battery took part in the [[Second Burmese War]]. It was at Hunza during the [[Hunza–Nagar Campaign|campaign in 1891]]. In 1895, the Battery was back fighting on the Frontier as part of the [[Chitral Expedition]]. To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the [[Rawalpindi Parade 1905]]. | |||
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]]. It was deployed to [[Battle of Singapore|Singapore]] at the opening of [[World War II]], and entered Japanese captivity with the rest of the garrison. | |||
[[Image:RML7pounderMountanGunHazaraBattery1895.jpg|thumb|250px|Photograph, circa 1895 showing a 7pdr Mountain gun of Hazara Battery in [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]] listing the crew's ranks in the caption.]] | [[Image:RML7pounderMountanGunHazaraBattery1895.jpg|thumb|250px|Photograph, circa 1895 showing a 7pdr Mountain gun of Hazara Battery in [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]] listing the crew's ranks in the caption.]] | ||
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*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum. {{ISBN|1-870423-30-5}} | |||
*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=0-9776072-8-3}} | *{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=0-9776072-8-3}} | ||
*{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}} | *{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}} | ||
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army | *{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914–1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}} | ||
[[Category:Artillery batteries]] | [[Category:Artillery batteries]] | ||