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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
* ''Digest of Services of the 1st (Coke's) Regiment, Punjab Infantry'' by  Colonel Theo Higginson. Published Simla, 1888. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278680 Archive.org mirror version], from  Digital Library of India.
* ''Digest of Services of the 1st (Coke's) Regiment, Punjab Infantry'' by  Colonel Theo Higginson. Published Simla, 1888. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278680 Archive.org mirror version], from  Digital Library of India.
*''The  Frontier Force Rifles '' by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is  available in a reprint edition,<ref name=FFR/> 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 World War II/Military Books/Britain).
*''The  Frontier Force Rifles '' by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is  available in a reprint edition,<ref name=FFR/> 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 World War II/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>
*[https://archive.org/details/commonwealthempi27londuoft/page/266/mode/2up "A Winter’s Night in the Malakand"] by Captain A E Mahon 55th Coke’s Rifles, Frontier Force. Page 266 ''The Empire Review'', catalogued as ''The Commonwealth & Empire Review'', Volume 27 1914. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/commonwealthempi27londuoft/page/266/mode/2up "A Winter’s Night in the Malakand"] by Captain A E Mahon 55th Coke’s Rifles, Frontier Force. Page 266 ''The Empire Review'', catalogued as ''The Commonwealth & Empire Review'', Volume 27 1914. Archive.org



Revision as of 10:48, 12 May 2020

Known as the 1st Punjabis and Coke's Rifles. Stationed at Dera Ismail Khan in 1902.

Chronology

  • 1849 raised as 1st Regiment of Punjab Infantry by Captain John Coke
  • 1851 retitled as the 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
  • 1865 became the 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
  • 1901 became 1st Punjab Infantry
  • 1903 became 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)
  • 1922 amalagmated with six other regiments to form the 6-battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, the 55th becoming the 1st Battalion (Coke's)
  • 1946 became 1st Battalion (Coke's), Frontier Force Rifles
  • 1946 allocated to Pakistan
  • 1956 amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 7th (Coke's) Battalion

Regimental history

  • 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 .

First World War

1/55th Rifles were part of the Bushire Field Force in 1918 and are mentioned in Operations in Persia.[2] See the Fibiwiki page Norperforce.

External links

Historical books online

  • Digest of Services of the 1st (Coke's) Regiment, Punjab Infantry by Colonel Theo Higginson. Published Simla, 1888. Archive.org mirror version, from Digital Library of India.
  • The Frontier Force Rifles by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is available in a reprint edition,[1] which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in World War II/Military Books/Britain). The reprint edition appears to have pages 298-299 missing which may be accessed below.[3]
  • "A Winter’s Night in the Malakand" by Captain A E Mahon 55th Coke’s Rifles, Frontier Force. Page 266 The Empire Review, catalogued as The Commonwealth & Empire Review, Volume 27 1914. Archive.org

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
  2. Lindsay, Kimberley John. MIC sans BWM/VM with 1917 IARO entry? Great War Forum 22 October 2017. Retrieved & March 2020.
  3. 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.