13th Frontier Force Rifles
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13th Frontier Force Rifles was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions.
- 1st Battalion: see 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force. Known as 55th Coke's Rifles
- 2nd Battalion: see 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force. Known as 56th Punjab Rifles
- 4th Battalion: see 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force. Known as 57th Wilde's Rifles
- 5th Battalion: see 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force. Known as 58th Vaughan's Rifles
- 6th Battalion: see 6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force. Known as 59th Scinde Rifles
At Independence in 1947 the 13th Frontier Force Rifles was allocated to Pakistan, and in 1956 amalgamated into the Frontier Force Regiment, with Regimental Depot now at Abbottabad.[1]
Regimental history
- The Frontier Force Rifles by Brigadier W E H Condon 1953. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795360 . Also available in a reprint edition, with a slightly different title,[2] which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.
- A Summarised History of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, during the Second World War, 1939-1946 by [A.D. FitzGerald]. 1985. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011838679
External links
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment defence.pk
- Frontier Force Regiment pakistanarmy.gov.pk
Historical books online
- The Frontier Force Rifles by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in World War II/Military Books/Britain). The reprint edition appears to have pages 298-299 missing which may be accessed below.[3]
References
- ↑ Wikipedia article.
- ↑ The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
- ↑ idler. Condon - The Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1946, post 2, WW2Talk Forum 10 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020. To access the text, you must be signed into WW2Talk Forum.
