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

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

. To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905

Rawalpindi Parade 1905

The Rawalpindi Parade 1905 was a parade by the British Indian Army held in Rawalpindi, India on 8 December 1905 to honour the Prince and Princess of Wales. The troops were under the Command of Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief India...

. It served in World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. 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

Suez Canal

The Suez Canal , also known by the nickname "The Highway to India", is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigation...

 during the First Suez Offensive

First Suez Offensive

The First Suez Offensive took place between the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I...

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In the Gallipoli Campaign as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force G. Together with the 21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

The 21st Kohat Mountain Battery was an artillery battery of the British Indian Army. Its classed as the premier Indian Mountain Battery being raised at Bannu in 1851, from disbanded Sikh artillerymen following the Second Sikh War of 1849....

 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