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== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1849''' raised as 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry | *'''1849''' raised as 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry | ||
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*'''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) | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Frontier_Force_Rifles 13th Frontier Force Rifles] Wikipedia<br> | + | *[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/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia |
| + | *This Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7147&start=1 thread], part of a thread about the Khyber Rifles, also contains some photographs and some information about the 5th Punjab Infantry | ||
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==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
*[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 | *[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 | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 16 June 2012
Known as 58th Vaughan's Rifles
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)
External Links
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- This Victorian Wars Forum thread, part of a thread about the Khyber Rifles, also contains some photographs and some information about the 5th Punjab Infantry
Historical books on-line
- My service in the Indian Army –and after by Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org
