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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#Frontier_Corps Frontier Corps] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#Frontier_Corps Frontier Corps] Wikipedia | ||
*Obituary of [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1448007/Charles-Chenevix-Trench.html Charles Chenevix Trench], c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk) He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into [[Hodson's Horse]], and winning an MC during the Second World War. In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: ''The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947''; ''The Frontier Scouts'' (refer below) and ''The Viceroy's Agent''. | *Obituary of [https://web.archive.org/web/20211109004327/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1448007/Charles-Chenevix-Trench.html Charles Chenevix Trench], c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk), archived. He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into [[Hodson's Horse]], and winning an MC during the Second World War. In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: ''The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947''; ''The Frontier Scouts'' (refer below) and ''The Viceroy's Agent''. | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1985-the-frontier-scouts-by-trench-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Scouts''] by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1985. Also available [https://archive.org/details/frontierscouts0000chen/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library]. | *[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1985-the-frontier-scouts-by-trench-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Scouts''] by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1985. Also available [https://archive.org/details/frontierscouts0000chen/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library]. | ||
: A book with a similar title is ''Frontier Scouts'' by Colonel H. R. C. Pettigrew. (Privately published) c 1964-1965. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002891865 . Elsewhere<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210621032425/https://www.turnerdonovan.com/booksPDS.aspx?stockNo=62289&mv=2&sn=1 turnerdonovan.com], archived.</ref>, the author was stated to be with the South Waziristan Scouts 1937-40. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3411/page/208/mode/2up Chapter 27 "Frontier Patrol: ''Khassadars'', Constabulary, Militia, Scouts, Frontier Force"] page 209 ''The Indian Political Service: a study in indirect rule'' by Terence Creagh Coen 1971 Archive.org. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force]] | [[Category:Punjab Frontier Force]] | ||
[[Category:Frontier Scouts]] | [[Category:Frontier Scouts]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:47, 18 July 2022
Recommended Reading
"The Frontier Scouts" by Charles Chenevix Trench. Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1985. Available online, refer below.
External links
- Frontier Corps Wikipedia
- Obituary of Charles Chenevix Trench, c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk), archived. He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into Hodson's Horse, and winning an MC during the Second World War. In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947; The Frontier Scouts (refer below) and The Viceroy's Agent.
Historical books online
- The Frontier Scouts by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1985. Also available Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- A book with a similar title is Frontier Scouts by Colonel H. R. C. Pettigrew. (Privately published) c 1964-1965. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002891865 . Elsewhere[1], the author was stated to be with the South Waziristan Scouts 1937-40.
- Chapter 27 "Frontier Patrol: Khassadars, Constabulary, Militia, Scouts, Frontier Force" page 209 The Indian Political Service: a study in indirect rule by Terence Creagh Coen 1971 Archive.org.
References
- ↑ turnerdonovan.com, archived.