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== External Links ==
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==Regimental History==
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*''The Historical Record of the 4th Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force''. Lahore: Punjab Govt Press, 1887.  Available at the British Library, reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4305
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*''The Frontier Force Regiment'',  compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below.
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== External links ==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Brigade] Wikipedia<br>
 
*[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<br>
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160426120712/http://pakdef.org/12th-frontier-force-regiment/  12th Frontier Force Regiment] pakdef.org, now archived.
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*[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk
 
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/11226331@N05/sets/72157632248150623/ WO 374/20814 - service record of Horace Charles Druett] flickr.com. He applied for the India Army Reserve of Officers in October 1917 when he was a 2nd  Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/11226331@N05/8274622592/in/set-72157632248150623/ Application form]. He  was seconded 21st December 1917 and was in India until the end of 1920, at least the latter part with the 1/54 Sikhs FF at [[Jullundur]]  
 
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/11226331@N05/sets/72157632248150623/ WO 374/20814 - service record of Horace Charles Druett] flickr.com. He applied for the India Army Reserve of Officers in October 1917 when he was a 2nd  Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/11226331@N05/8274622592/in/set-72157632248150623/ Application form]. He  was seconded 21st December 1917 and was in India until the end of 1920, at least the latter part with the 1/54 Sikhs FF at [[Jullundur]]  
 
===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
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*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv3912a187#ark:/81055/vdc_000000035459.0x000005 ''Handbook on Sikhs for the use of Regimental Officers''] by Captain R W Falcon 4th Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force (lately Officiating District Recruiting Officer, Sikh District) 1896. British Library itemViewer. Also available as a pdf download through the [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=BLVU1 Main Catalogue] Search using keyword lsidyv3912a187 then click on 'I want this'
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* ''Handbook on Sikhs for the use of Regimental Officers'' by Captain R W Falcon 4th Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force (lately Officiating District Recruiting Officer, Sikh District) 1896. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000003545A British Library Digital].  
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*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32184/supplement/159 "Despatch from General Sir G.F. Milne Commanding in Chief, the Army of The Black Sea dated 11 August 1920"] ''The London Gazette Supplement'' Publication date: 7 January 1921 Supplement: 32184 Pages: 159-175. From the date of the signature of the Armistice with Turkey to the date of the signature of the Turkish Peace Treaty (10th August 1020). Indian Army regiments mentioned: [[28th Light Cavalry]],  [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjabis]],  1/[[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry |21st Punjabis]], 1/[[ 25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Punjabis]]  and 1/54th Sikhs.
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*[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].
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]
 
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]

Latest revision as of 00:42, 12 September 2021

Known as 54th Sikhs

Chronology

  • 1846 raised by Captain C. MacKenzie at Ludhiana as 4th 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 4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
  • 1903 became 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)
  • 1922 became 4th Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment
  • 1945 became 4th Battalion (Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  • 1957 became 6th Battalion Frontier Force Regiment

Regimental History

  • The Historical Record of the 4th Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force. Lahore: Punjab Govt Press, 1887. Available at the British Library, reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4305
  • The Frontier Force Regiment, compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below.

External links

Historical books online

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