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'''Known as 59th Scinde Rifles''' | '''Known as 59th Scinde Rifles''' | ||
[[Image:6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force Waziristan 1937 .jpg|600px|thumb|right|6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force Waziristan 1937]] | |||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1843''' raised in Karachi by Lt Robert FitzGerald as Scinde Camel Corps | *'''1843''' raised in Karachi by Lt Robert FitzGerald as Scinde Camel Corps | ||
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*'''1903''' became 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) | *'''1903''' became 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) | ||
*'''1921''' became 59th Royal Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) | *'''1921''' became 59th Royal Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) | ||
*'''1922''' became 6th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles | *'''1922''' became 6th Battalion [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] | ||
*'''1945''' became 1st Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles | *'''1945''' became 1st Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on partition | *'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on partition | ||
*'''1957''' became 1st battalion Frontier Force Regiment | *'''1957''' became 1st battalion Frontier Force Regiment | ||
==Regimental histories== | |||
* ''Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde) 1843-1923'', published 1926. Now available online, see below. | |||
*''Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1843-1934'' [Compiled by Douglas M. Lindsay] 1935. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795361 | |||
*''Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde) 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1934-1947''. [Compiled by N. L. St. P. Bunbury]. 1951. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795362 | |||
*''The Frontier Force Rifles '' by Brigadier W E H Condon 1953. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795360 . Also available in a reprint edition, with a slightly different title,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/frontier-force-rifles1849-1946/ ''The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946''] by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below. | |||
* ''A Summarised History of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, during the Second World War, 1939-1946'' by [A.D. FitzGerald]. 1985. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011838679 | |||
==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 59th (Scinde) Rifles 1914-15 on the Western Front.<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-War-Diaries-1914-15-Western-ebook/dp/B076YBVSC5/ ''Great War Diaries: 59th (Scinde) Rifles (FF) War Diary 1914-15: 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. | |||
==Waziristan 1937== | |||
During 1937 the regiment took part in operations against the Mahsud in [[Operations in Waziristan|Waziristan]]<ref> Payne, Rich | |||
[http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/armoured-cars-tanks-other-vehicles-pith-helmets.26951/page-10#post-634486 Armoured Cars, Tanks, Other Vehicles... & Pith Helmets] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 27 July 2014. Contains images. Retrieved 11 August 2018.</ref> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th_Scinde_Rifles_(Frontier_Force) 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th_Scinde_Rifles_(Frontier_Force) 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)] Wikipedia | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131121082558/http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/frontier_force_regiment.html Frontier Force Regiment] by Dr Ali Jan. Commanding Officers (with thumbnail photographs) of “the oldest Frontier Force Battalion (Royal 6/13 or 1st FF)". | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131121082558/http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/frontier_force_regiment.html Frontier Force Regiment] by Dr Ali Jan. Commanding Officers (with thumbnail photographs) of “the oldest Frontier Force Battalion (Royal 6/13 or 1st FF)". | ||
*[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk | |||
*[http://www.jullundurassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82%3Athe-frontier-force&Itemid=61 The 59th (now the1st) (SCINDE) Frontier Force Regiment] Jullundur Brigade Association (retrieved 29 April 2014) | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/6thbatt-13ffrifles/page/n11/mode/2up ''Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde) 1843-1923''] by Captain D M Lindsay 1926 Archive.org. Includes | |||
**An old print titled [https://archive.org/details/6thbatt-13ffrifles/page/n22/mode/1up “The Scinde Camel Corps as when first raised at Karachi”] which is between pages 2 and 3. | |||
*:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pke-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 Another version of this print, Google Books] correctly rotated. | |||
:Also available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, titled [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvslIQHH_lA ''Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion''] (located in Military Books/India). | |||
*''The Frontier Force Rifles '' by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19DeBdXGZW online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in Military Books/Britain). The reprint edition appears to have pages 298-299 missing which may be accessed below.<ref>idler. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/condon-the-frontier-force-rifles-1849-1946.85399/#post-880627 Condon - The Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1946], post 2, ''WW2Talk Forum'' 10 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020. To access the text, you must be signed into WW2Talk Forum.</ref> | |||
:(Brigadier Condon also wrote the regimental history ''The Frontier Force Regiment'' (1962), about a different regiment, see [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]].) | |||
== References == | |||
<references /> | |||
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]] | [[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:05, 24 June 2023
Known as 59th Scinde Rifles
Chronology
- 1843 raised in Karachi by Lt Robert FitzGerald as Scinde Camel Corps
- 1851 retitled as the Scinde Rifle Corps, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 became 6th Punjab Infantry Regiment
- 1903 became 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1921 became 59th Royal Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 6th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1945 became 1st Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on partition
- 1957 became 1st battalion Frontier Force Regiment
Regimental histories
- Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde) 1843-1923, published 1926. Now available online, see below.
- Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1843-1934 [Compiled by Douglas M. Lindsay] 1935. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795361
- Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde) 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1934-1947. [Compiled by N. L. St. P. Bunbury]. 1951. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795362
- The Frontier Force Rifles by Brigadier W E H Condon 1953. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795360 . Also available in a reprint edition, with a slightly different title,[1] which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.
- A Summarised History of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, during the Second World War, 1939-1946 by [A.D. FitzGerald]. 1985. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011838679
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 59th (Scinde) Rifles 1914-15 on the Western Front.[2] See Western Front - War Diaries for more details.
Waziristan 1937
During 1937 the regiment took part in operations against the Mahsud in Waziristan[3]
External Links
- 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) Wikipedia
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment by Dr Ali Jan. Commanding Officers (with thumbnail photographs) of “the oldest Frontier Force Battalion (Royal 6/13 or 1st FF)".
- Frontier Force Regiment defence.pk
- The 59th (now the1st) (SCINDE) Frontier Force Regiment Jullundur Brigade Association (retrieved 29 April 2014)
Historical books online
- Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde) 1843-1923 by Captain D M Lindsay 1926 Archive.org. Includes
- An old print titled “The Scinde Camel Corps as when first raised at Karachi” which is between pages 2 and 3.
- Another version of this print, Google Books correctly rotated.
- Also available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, titled Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (located in Military Books/India).
- The Frontier Force Rifles by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in Military Books/Britain). The reprint edition appears to have pages 298-299 missing which may be accessed below.[4]
- (Brigadier Condon also wrote the regimental history The Frontier Force Regiment (1962), about a different regiment, see 12th Frontier Force Regiment.)
References
- ↑ The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
- ↑ Great War Diaries: 59th (Scinde) Rifles (FF) War Diary 1914-15: Indian Army on the Western Front Available on Kindle - Kindle App available to read the Diary.
- ↑ Payne, Rich Armoured Cars, Tanks, Other Vehicles... & Pith Helmets WW2Talk Forum 27 July 2014. Contains images. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ↑ idler. Condon - The Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1946, post 2, WW2Talk Forum 10 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020. To access the text, you must be signed into WW2Talk Forum.