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Known as '''51st Sikhs'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1846''' raised by Captain J. S. Hodgson at Hoshiarpur as 1st Sikh Infantry
*'''1846-7''' 1st-4th Sikh Regiments formed as the Infantry of the Frontier Brigade
*'''1847''' became 1st Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
*'''1851''' Frontier Brigade became the Punjab Irregular Force (Piffers) including the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force]]
*'''1865''' became '''1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force'''
*'''1903''' became 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
*'''1922''' became 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Sikhs) [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]]
*'''1945''' became 1st Battalion (PWO Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
*'''1957''' became 3rd Battalion Frontier Force Regiment
== Battle Honours ==
*'''1849''' [[:Category:2nd Sikh War|Punjaub]]
*'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
:*[[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878|Ali Masjid]]
==Regimental history==
''The Frontier Force Regiment'', compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below.
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Brigade] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160426120712/http://pakdef.org/12th-frontier-force-regiment/ 12th Frontier Force Regiment] pakdef.org, now archived.
*[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96, now an archived web page. Includes brief mention of 51/Sikhs.
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/530822.html "Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915"] by Harry Fecitt, from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] kaiserscross.com. Includes mention of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force).
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S_BeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Compilation from Extracts of Regimental Orders and Instructions Affecting the Discipline and Interior Economy of the 1st Regiment Sikh Local Infantry''] issued by Lieut. Col. Hodgson Commandant 1850. Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/historystsikhin00unkngoog ''History of the 1st Sikh Infantry 1846-1886 Volume I'', and ''1887-1901 Volume II''] (one book), reprinted 1903, first published 1887. Archive.org. Another file: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284943/mode/2up/ ''Volume II 1887-1901''] Archive.org
: There was a subsequent edition, with history to 1920, published 1929, available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01006690188
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1962-the-frontier-force-regiment-by-condon-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Force Regiment''] compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3213/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]
