26th Jacob's Mountain Battery

26th Jacob's Mountain Battery
Country	Indian Empire
Branch	Army
Type	Artillery
Part of	Bombay Army (to 1895) Bombay Command
Engagements	World War I

The 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery was an artillery battery of the British Indian Army. To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905. It served in World War I. Guns of the 26th were the first British Empire artillery to open fire in the Middle East in World War I, on 26 January 1915, Qantara (Kantara), against the Turkish advance towards the Suez Canal during the First Suez Offensive. In the Gallipoli Campaign as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force G. Together with the 21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) in the 7th Indian Mountain Brigade. They later served in the Mesopotamia Campaign, with the 13th (Western) Division.

Previous names

• 10th Company of the Golandaz Battalion, Bombay Foot Artillery - 1843
• 3rd Company, 4th Battalion, Bombay Foot Artillery - 1846
• No. 3 Company, Bombay Golandaz Battalion - 1862
• No. 2 Company, Bombay Native Artillery - 1863
• No. 2 Bombay Mountain Battery - 1876
• No. 6 (Bombay) Mountain Battery - 1889
• the Jullundur Mountain Battery - 1901

References

• Army Headquarters, India. (1919). Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919. Calcutta
• General Sir Martin Farndale, "History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base, 1914-18". London : The Royal Artillery Institution, 1988 ISBN 1-870114-05-1
• Rinaldi, Richard A (2008). Order of Battle British Army 1914. Ravi Rikhye. ISBN 0-9776072-8-3.
• Sharma, Gautam (1990). Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army. Allied Publishers. ISBN 81-7023-140-X.
• Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914-1947. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
• Moberly, F.J. (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign, Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5