NAM.1989-09-21-1

Photocopy typescript history of 18th (Sohan) Indian Mountain Battery from its formation in 1918 until its absorption into the armies of India and Pakistan in 1947. The text is illustrated with photocopies of photographs. The battery saw service in Baluchistan, 1919 (pp5-8) and Waziristan 1938-1939 (pp22-26). It was in Aden in 1940 (pp32-34) and from there moved to Somaliland early in 1941, and so into Abyssinia where it supported the Kings African Rifles in their attacks on Kulkaber ridge (21 Nov 1941)and the capture of Gandar (27 Nov 1941). It left Massawa 10 Jan 1942 for Palestine, where it was reorganised and trained (pp67-69) before being posted to Karachi (9 Apr 1942), Landi Kotal (28 Apr 1942), Peshawar (December 1942), Wana (November 1943), Campebellpur (late 1944), Landi Kotal (early 1946) and Amballa (April 1947) for disbandment (p80). They were involved in the rescue of Mollie Ellis, kidnapped from Kohat, 1923 (pp12-14) and in the rescue operations after the Quetta earthquake of 1935 (pp17-20).

India, North West Frontier (1937-1945), World War Two, Middle East (1940-1945)