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==Regimental histories==
==Regimental histories==
*''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>
* ''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  
* ''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  


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*[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)
*[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===
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pke-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 Old print titled “The Scinde Camel Corps as when first raised at Karachi”] which is between pages 2 and 3 of ''Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde), 1843–1923''  first published in 1926. Google Books, which catalogues the author as  Captain D. M. Lindsey.
*[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 ==
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[[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

6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force Waziristan 1937

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

Historical books online

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

  1. ↑ The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Payne, Rich Armoured Cars, Tanks, Other Vehicles... & Pith Helmets WW2Talk Forum 27 July 2014. Contains images. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ↑ 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.
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