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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) | *[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=== | ||
Revision as of 22:04, 12 March 2018
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
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.[1] See Western Front - War Diaries for more details.
Waziristan 1937
During 1937 the regiment took part in operations against the Mahsud in Waziristan[2]
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
- 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.
References
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 25 October 2014