26th Jacob's Mountain Battery

The 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery was an artillery unit of the British Indian Army.

In 1843 it became the 10th Company Golandauze[1] Battalion of Bombay Foot Artillery, and became the 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery in 1903.

In 1947, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army, where it exists as the 1st Jacob's Battery (Baloch) of The First (SP) Medium Regiment Artillery (Frontier Force).

[2] The battery was raised in 1826 and renamed as the 10th Company Golandauze Battalion Bombay Foot Artillery in 1843.

[4][5] The Jacob's Battery saw service on the Northwest Frontier of India and fought in the Second Afghan War of 1878–80.

[4] During the First World War, the 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery fought with great distinction at Gallipoli, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Persia.

The Bombay Artillery. Chromolithograph by H Bunnett, c. 1890.