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*[http://www.khyber.org/history/a/history_of_the_frontier_corps.shtml History of the Frontier Corps] Khyber.org
 
*[http://www.khyber.org/history/a/history_of_the_frontier_corps.shtml History of the Frontier Corps] Khyber.org
 
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1580495/Brigadier-John-Prendergast.html Obituary: John Prendergast] 1910-2008 ''The Telegraph''  03 March 2008.  He was awarded the Military Cross when serving with the Tochi Scouts (North Waziristan Transborder Armed Police) in May 1937. He was later awarded a DSO for the Burma Campaign. His books include an autobiography '' Prender’s Progress: a soldier in India, 1931-47'', available at the [[British Library]]
 
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1580495/Brigadier-John-Prendergast.html Obituary: John Prendergast] 1910-2008 ''The Telegraph''  03 March 2008.  He was awarded the Military Cross when serving with the Tochi Scouts (North Waziristan Transborder Armed Police) in May 1937. He was later awarded a DSO for the Burma Campaign. His books include an autobiography '' Prender’s Progress: a soldier in India, 1931-47'', available at the [[British Library]]
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*[https://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n47/mode/2up Tochi Scouts] page 15 ''India in 1930-1931'' Archive.org
 
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Revision as of 05:05, 30 March 2014

Chronology

  • 1894 raised as the local militia in the North Waziristan Agency

External links

  • Page 313 A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1 by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books
  • The Tochi Scouts Khyber.org, now an archived webpage
  • History of the Frontier Corps Khyber.org
  • Obituary: John Prendergast 1910-2008 The Telegraph 03 March 2008. He was awarded the Military Cross when serving with the Tochi Scouts (North Waziristan Transborder Armed Police) in May 1937. He was later awarded a DSO for the Burma Campaign. His books include an autobiography Prender’s Progress: a soldier in India, 1931-47, available at the British Library

Historical books online