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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
*[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



Revision as of 22:02, 12 March 2018

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 online

References

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