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*'''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)
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===Deployments===
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:1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat.
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:1881: At Dera Ismail Khan. <ref>Johnathan [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7147&start=15 The Khyber Rifles] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 14 June 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014</ref>
  
 
== 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#p30433 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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*[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
 
 
  
 
==== 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
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== References ==
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<references />
  
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]
 
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]

Revision as of 00:24, 30 September 2014

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)

Deployments

1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat.
1881: At Dera Ismail Khan. [1]

External Links

Historical books on-line

References

  1. Johnathan The Khyber Rifles Victorian Wars Forum 14 June 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014