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− | [[Category: | + | Known as '''51st Sikhs''' |
+ | == Chronology == | ||
+ | *'''1846''' raised by Captain J. S. Hodgson at Hoshiarpur as 1st Sikh Infantry | ||
+ | *'''1846-7''' 1st-4th Sikh Regiments formed as the Infantry of the Frontier Brigade | ||
+ | *'''1847''' became 1st Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry | ||
+ | *'''1851''' Frontier Brigade became the Punjab Irregular Force (Piffers) including the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force]] | ||
+ | *'''1865''' became '''1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force''' | ||
+ | *'''1903''' became 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) | ||
+ | *'''1922''' became 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Sikhs) [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]] | ||
+ | *'''1945''' became 1st Battalion (PWO Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment | ||
+ | *'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition | ||
+ | *'''1957''' became 3rd Battalion Frontier Force Regiment | ||
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+ | == Battle Honours == | ||
+ | *'''1849''' [[:Category:2nd Sikh War|Punjaub]] | ||
+ | *'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]] | ||
+ | :*[[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878|Ali Masjid]] | ||
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+ | ==Regimental history== | ||
+ | ''The Frontier Force Regiment'', compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below. | ||
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+ | == External links == | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Brigade] Wikipedia<br> | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
+ | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160426120712/http://pakdef.org/12th-frontier-force-regiment/ 12th Frontier Force Regiment] pakdef.org, now archived. | ||
+ | *[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk | ||
+ | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96, now an archived web page. Includes brief mention of 51/Sikhs. | ||
+ | *[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/530822.html "Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915"] by Harry Fecitt, from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] kaiserscross.com. Includes mention of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force). | ||
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+ | ===Historical books online=== | ||
+ | *[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S_BeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Compilation from Extracts of Regimental Orders and Instructions Affecting the Discipline and Interior Economy of the 1st Regiment Sikh Local Infantry''] issued by Lieut. Col. Hodgson Commandant 1850. Google Books | ||
+ | *[https://archive.org/details/historystsikhin00unkngoog ''History of the 1st Sikh Infantry 1846-1886 Volume I'', and ''1887-1901 Volume II''] (one book), reprinted 1903, first published 1887. Archive.org. Another file: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284943/mode/2up/ ''Volume II 1887-1901''] Archive.org | ||
+ | : There was a subsequent edition, with history to 1920, published 1929, available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01006690188 | ||
+ | *[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1962-the-frontier-force-regiment-by-condon-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Force Regiment''] compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3213/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. | ||
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]] |
Latest revision as of 00:38, 12 September 2021
Known as 51st Sikhs
Contents
Chronology
- 1846 raised by Captain J. S. Hodgson at Hoshiarpur as 1st Sikh Infantry
- 1846-7 1st-4th Sikh Regiments formed as the Infantry of the Frontier Brigade
- 1847 became 1st Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
- 1851 Frontier Brigade became the Punjab Irregular Force (Piffers) including the Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 became 1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Sikhs) 12th Frontier Force Regiment
- 1945 became 1st Battalion (PWO Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 1957 became 3rd Battalion Frontier Force Regiment
Battle Honours
- 1849 Punjaub
- 1878 Afghanistan
Regimental history
The Frontier Force Regiment, compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below.
External links
- Frontier Brigade Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- 12th Frontier Force Regiment pakdef.org, now archived.
- Frontier Force Regiment defence.pk
- "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918" by Mark Connelly Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005. pages 65-96, now an archived web page. Includes brief mention of 51/Sikhs.
- "Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915" by Harry Fecitt, from Harry’s Sideshows kaiserscross.com. Includes mention of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force).
Historical books online
- Compilation from Extracts of Regimental Orders and Instructions Affecting the Discipline and Interior Economy of the 1st Regiment Sikh Local Infantry issued by Lieut. Col. Hodgson Commandant 1850. Google Books
- History of the 1st Sikh Infantry 1846-1886 Volume I, and 1887-1901 Volume II (one book), reprinted 1903, first published 1887. Archive.org. Another file: Volume II 1887-1901 Archive.org
- There was a subsequent edition, with history to 1920, published 1929, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006690188
- The Frontier Force Regiment compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). Archive.org mirror version.