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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/254/mode/2up Harry Lumsden (1821-1896)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/254/mode/2up Harry Lumsden (1821-1896)]<br>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=Punjab+Frontier+Force&source=bl&ots=8BC29qez7u&sig=RN7Niolakxc-X2FEZ2e2EepSSwg&hl=en&ei=7eO_SYXXJdSzjAf7xKw5&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result Punjab Frontier Force] Victorians at War<br>
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=Punjab+Frontier+Force&source=bl&ots=8BC29qez7u&sig=RN7Niolakxc-X2FEZ2e2EepSSwg&hl=en&ei=7eO_SYXXJdSzjAf7xKw5&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result Punjab Frontier Force] Victorians at War<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#Punjab_Frontier_Force Punjab Frontier Force] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#Punjab_Frontier_Force Punjab Frontier Force] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North-West_Frontier_Province#British_era NWF Province] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North-West_Frontier_Province#British_era NWF Province] Wikipedia
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/5790075903/in/photolist-9PDDQT-9PGzLw-9PDmz4-9PDC8i-9PDDjD-9PGw2s-9PGt7A-9PGzr1-9Sof9J-9PDJST-9PDKQa-9PDnbk-9PDjkT-9PDkaX  Photograph: PFF, Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab 1890] emmyeustace’s photostream on flickr.com
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[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
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer''] by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org. Born in India in 1857, he returned after schooling in England in 1876 , the greater part of his service being with the Punjab Frontier Force.
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Military Strength

Following the Sikh Wars the British annexed the frontier territory which was to become the North West Frontier Province in 1901. To maintain the peace of the border a special force was raised which consisted of 5 regiments of cavalry, the Corps of Guides, 5 regiments of infantry, 3 light field batteries, 2 garrison batteries, 2 companies of Sappers and Miners, and the Sind Camel Corps.

Chronology

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Coke (1806-1897)
Henry Lawrence (1806-1857)
Harry Lumsden (1821-1896)

External Links

Historical books online