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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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| + | *A transcribed war diary (of an original handwritten diary, where the handwriting has been deciphered for you!) is available for 57th (Wilde's) Rifles 1914-15 on the Western Front.<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-War-Diaries-Frontier-1914-15-ebook/dp/B076Z1D6GN/ ''Great War Diaries: 57th (Wilde's) Rifles (Frontier Force) War Diary 1914-15: The Indian Army on the Western Front''] Available on Kindle - Kindle App available to read the Diary. </ref> See [[Western Front#War Diaries| Western Front - War Diaries]] for more details. | ||
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*[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:234070/ Lithograph: A native officer and men of the 4th Regt. Punjab Rifles 1855]. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library Providence RI, USA. | *[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:234070/ Lithograph: A native officer and men of the 4th Regt. Punjab Rifles 1855]. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library Providence RI, USA. | ||
*[http://gweaa.com/?p=279 The 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, in German East Africa. July 1916 to September 1917] by Harry Fecitt gweaa.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014 | *[http://gweaa.com/?p=279 The 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, in German East Africa. July 1916 to September 1917] by Harry Fecitt gweaa.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014 | ||
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]] | [[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]] | ||
Revision as of 07:35, 18 December 2017
Known as 57th Wilde's Rifles
Chronology
- 1849 raised as 4th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1851 retitled as the 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 retitled as the 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1945 became 4th 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)
War Diaries, First World War
- A transcribed war diary (of an original handwritten diary, where the handwriting has been deciphered for you!) is available for 57th (Wilde's) Rifles 1914-15 on the Western Front.[1] See Western Front - War Diaries for more details.
External Links
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- 4th Punjab Infantry Regiment Wikipedia
- Lithograph: A native officer and men of the 4th Regt. Punjab Rifles 1855. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library Providence RI, USA.
- The 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, in German East Africa. July 1916 to September 1917 by Harry Fecitt gweaa.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014
References
- ↑ Great War Diaries: 57th (Wilde's) Rifles (Frontier Force) War Diary 1914-15: The Indian Army on the Western Front Available on Kindle - Kindle App available to read the Diary.
