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== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1849''' raised as 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry | *'''1849''' raised as 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry | ||
*'''1851''' retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | *'''1851''' retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | ||
| + | *'''1865''' retitled as the '''5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force''' | ||
*'''1903''' became 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) | *'''1903''' became 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) | ||
| − | *'''1922''' became 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles | + | *'''1922''' became 5th Battalion [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] |
*'''1945''' became 5th Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles | *'''1945''' became 5th Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on partition | *'''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) | *'''1957''' amalgamated with The Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment to form the new Frontier Force Regiment (10th Battalion) | ||
| + | ===Deployments=== | ||
| + | :1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat. | ||
| + | :1881: At Dera Ismail Khan.<ref>Johnathan [https://web.archive.org/web/20130709124130/http://victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7147&start=15 The Khyber Rifles] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 14 June 2012, now archived.</ref> | ||
| + | ==Regimental history== | ||
| + | *''History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849- 1926'' by H. C Wylly, (Harold Carmichael). 1929. Now available online, 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,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/frontier-force-rifles1849-1946/ ''The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946''] by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> 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 | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Frontier_Force_Rifles 13th Frontier Force Rifles] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Frontier_Force_Rifles 13th Frontier Force Rifles] Wikipedia<br> |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk | ||
| + | *[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/511922.html "Oranges, Dates and Coconuts: 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force) in Egypt, Palestine, Somaliland and Portuguese East Africa 1916 - 1918"] by Harry Fecitt. ''Harry’s Sideshows'' kaiserscross.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014 | ||
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| + | ==== Historical books online ==== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285164 ''The Historical Record of the 5th Punjab Infantry''] 1887. Archive.org, originally from the Digital Library of India. | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/myserviceinindi00vauggoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''My Service in the Indian Army – and After''] by Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/record-58th-rifles-f-f-great-war/page/n1/mode/2up ''A Record of the 58th Rifles F. F. in the Great War 1914-1919''] by Colonel A G Lind DSO 1933. Archive.org. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AG_Lind-_A_Record_of_the_58th_Rifles_FF_in_the_Great_War_1914_-_1919.pdf Wikimedia Commons] - Direct [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/AG_Lind-_A_Record_of_the_58th_Rifles_FF_in_the_Great_War_1914_-_1919.pdf pdf link], [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727020015/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/AG_Lind-_A_Record_of_the_58th_Rifles_FF_in_the_Great_War_1914_-_1919.pdf Archive.org pdf]. The latter links may be slow to open. | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/5thbatt13thfrontierforcerifles/mode/2up ''History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1926''] by Colonel H C Wylly 1929. Archive.org | ||
| + | *''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 [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19DeBdXGZW 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.<ref>idler. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/condon-the-frontier-force-rifles-1849-1946.85399/#post-880627 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.</ref> | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | <references /> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:05, 28 November 2023
Known as 58th Vaughan's Rifles
Contents
Chronology
- 1849 raised as 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1851 retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1945 became 5th 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)
Deployments
- 1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat.
- 1881: At Dera Ismail Khan.[1]
Regimental history
- History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849- 1926 by H. C Wylly, (Harold Carmichael). 1929. Now available online, 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
External Links
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment defence.pk
- "Oranges, Dates and Coconuts: 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force) in Egypt, Palestine, Somaliland and Portuguese East Africa 1916 - 1918" by Harry Fecitt. Harry’s Sideshows kaiserscross.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014
Historical books online
- The Historical Record of the 5th Punjab Infantry 1887. Archive.org, originally from the Digital Library of India.
- My Service in the Indian Army – and After by Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org
- A Record of the 58th Rifles F. F. in the Great War 1914-1919 by Colonel A G Lind DSO 1933. Archive.org. Wikimedia Commons - Direct pdf link, Archive.org pdf. The latter links may be slow to open.
- History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1926 by Colonel H C Wylly 1929. Archive.org
- 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
- ↑ Johnathan The Khyber Rifles Victorian Wars Forum 14 June 2012, now archived.
- ↑ 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.
