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*'''1956''' amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 7th (Coke's) Battalion
*'''1956''' amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 7th (Coke's) Battalion


==First World War==
1/55th Rifles were part of the Bushire Field Force in 1918 and are mentioned in ''Operations in Persia''.<ref>Lindsay, Kimberley John. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/254405-mic-sans-bwmvm-with-1917-iaro-entry/?do=findComment&comment=2575297 MIC sans BWM/VM with 1917 IARO entry?] ''Great War Forum'' 22  October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.</ref> See the Fibiwiki page [[Norperforce]].
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyuniforms/indianinfantry/1stpunjabinfbremner.htm Jemadar Uniform 1897] British Empire Website<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyuniforms/indianinfantry/1stpunjabinfbremner.htm Jemadar Uniform 1897] British Empire Website<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Dast Jemadar Mir Dast VC] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Dast Jemadar Mir Dast VC] Wikipedia
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1966-11-30-16 Photograph:  c 1860: Playing Cricket, Kohat]from UK National Army Museum (nam.ac.uk)
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1966-11-30-16 Photograph:  c 1860: Playing Cricket, Kohat]from UK National Army Museum (nam.ac.uk)
*Details of catalogue entries for some WW1 War Diaries available at the National Archives. Kew, England. Note: "It is not guaranteed to be complete". In fact it shows no entries. The War Diaries available at the [[British Library]] may be a possible alternative source.
**[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/1st_Battalion_55th_Coke%27s_Rifles,_Indian 1st Battalion 55th Coke's Rifles, Indian]
**[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/2nd_Battalion_55th_Coke%27s_Rifles,_Indian 2nd Battalion 55th Coke's Rifles, Indian] collaborativecollections.org
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278680 ''Digest Of Services Of The 1st (Coke's) Regiment, Punjab Infantry''] by  Colonel Theo Higginson. Published Simla, 1888. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278680 ''Digest Of Services Of The 1st (Coke's) Regiment, Punjab Infantry''] by  Colonel Theo Higginson. Published Simla, 1888. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278680 Archive.org mirror version].
 
==References==
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Revision as of 00:17, 24 October 2017

Known as the 1st Punjabis and Coke's Rifles. Stationed at Dera Ismail Khan in 1902.

Chronology

  • 1849 raised as 1st Regiment of Punjab Infantry by Captain John Coke
  • 1851 retitled as the 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
  • 1865 became the 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
  • 1901 became 1st Punjab Infantry
  • 1903 became 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)
  • 1922 amalagmated with six other regiments to form the 6-battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, the 55th becoming the 1st Battalion (Coke's)
  • 1946 became 1st Battalion (Coke's), Frontier Force Rifles
  • 1946 allocated to Pakistan
  • 1956 amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 7th (Coke's) Battalion

First World War

1/55th Rifles were part of the Bushire Field Force in 1918 and are mentioned in Operations in Persia.[1] See the Fibiwiki page Norperforce.

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. Lindsay, Kimberley John. MIC sans BWM/VM with 1917 IARO entry? Great War Forum 22 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.