4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

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Known as 57th Wilde's Rifles

Chronology

  • 1849 raised as 4th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
  • 1851 retitled as the 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
  • 1865 retitled as the 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
  • 1903 became 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)
  • 1922 became 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
  • 1945 became 4th Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on partition
  • 1957 amalgamated with The Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment to form the new Frontier Force Regiment (10th Battalion)

Regimental histories

  • Regimental History of the 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wilde’s) published c 1930 is available in a reprint edition,[1] which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.
  • 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

War Diaries, First World War

  • A transcribed war diary (of an original handwritten diary, where the handwriting has been deciphered for you!) is available for 57th (Wilde's) Rifles 1914-15 on the Western Front.[3] See Western Front - War Diaries for more details.

External Links

Historical books online

  • Regimental History of the 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wilde’s), originally published c 1930, 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 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).

References

  1. Regimental History of the 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wilde’s) Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
  2. The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
  3. Great War Diaries: 57th (Wilde's) Rifles (Frontier Force) War Diary 1914-15: The Indian Army on the Western Front Available on Kindle - Kindle App available to read the Diary. Transcribed from the original handwritten War Diary.