'Hyderabad, Sind. 130th Baluchis. 1905'

Photograph, India, 1905.

Officers and men of the 130th Baluchis.

One of two battalions raised by Major John Jacob in 1858, this subadar's unit was designated the 30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry or Jacob's Rifles in 1861. It became the 30th Regiment (Jacob's) Bombay Infantry or 3rd Belooch Regiment in 1885. It served on the Sind frontier and fought in the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and the 3rd China War (the Boxer Rebellion) in 1900. As part of the reform of the Indian Army in 1903 it became the 130th Baluchis. In 1906 the Prince of Wales became the Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment, prompting a change in title, to the 130th Prince of Wales's Own Baluchis. When the Prince acceded to the throne as George V, the regiment became the 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles). The regiment served in East Africa and Palestine during World War One (1914-1918).

From a collection of photographs compiled by F J Fowler, 1892-1916.