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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North-West_Frontier_Province#British_era NWF Province] Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North-West_Frontier_Province#British_era NWF Province] Wikipedia
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/myserviceinindi00vauggoog#page/n19/mode/1up  ''My service in the Indian Army –and after'']  by Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/myserviceinindi00vauggoog#page/n11/mode/1up  ''My service in the Indian Army –and after'']  by Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force| Punjab Frontier Force]]
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force| Punjab Frontier Force]]
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[[Category:Regiments]]

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Military Strength

Following the Sikh Wars the British annexed the frontier territory which was to become the North West Frontier Province in 1901. To maintain the peace of the border a special force was raised which consisted of 5 regiments of cavalry, the Corps of Guides, 5 regiments of infantry, 3 light field batteries, 2 garrison batteries, 2 companies of Sappers and Miners, and the Sind Camel Corps.

Chronology

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Coke (1806-1897)
Henry Lawrence (1806-1857)
Harry Lumsden (1821-1896)

External Links

Punjab Frontier Force Victorians at War
Punjab Frontier Force Wikipedia
NWF Province Wikipedia

Historical books online