1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force: Difference between revisions

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Known as the 1st Punjabis and Coke's Rifles

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

Jemadar Uniform 1897 British Empire Website
55th Coke's Rifles British Empire Website
55th Coke's Rifles Wikipedia
Jemadar Mir Dast VC Wikipedia
Photograph: c 1860: Playing Cricket, Kohat The photo was taken by Major Keyes 1st Punjab Infantry From the National Army Museum . Archive150 on Facebook
Photograph: Punjab Frontier Force. Waziristan 1894/5 "Under Every Leaf" on Facebook. Regiment not known

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 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Dast Jemadar Mir Dast VC] Wikipedia
 *[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=593460000679082&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1368451730.&type=3&permPage=1 Photograph:  c 1860: Playing Cricket, Kohat] The photo was taken by  Major Keyes 1st Punjab Infantry  From the National Army Museum .  Archive150 on Facebook
+*[https://www.facebook.com/UnderEveryLeaf/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=393605847415091&set=pb.390531907722485.-2207520000.1371289676.&type=3&theater Photograph: Punjab Frontier Force. Waziristan 1894/5]  "Under Every Leaf" on Facebook. Regiment not known
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