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===Deployments=== | ===Deployments=== | ||
:1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat. | :1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat. | ||
:1881: At Dera Ismail Khan. | :1881: At Dera Ismail Khan.<ref>Johnathan [https://web.archive.org/web/20130709124130/http://victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7147&start=15 The Khyber Rifles] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 14 June 2012, now archived.</ref> | ||
==Regimental history== | ==Regimental history== | ||
*''History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849- 1926'' by H. C Wylly, (Harold Carmichael). 1929. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007254905 . Also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-the-5th-battalion-13th-frontier-force-rifles-1849-1926/ ''History Of The 5th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1926''] by Col. H. C. Wylly Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below. | *''History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849- 1926'' by H. C Wylly, (Harold Carmichael). 1929. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007254905 . Also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-the-5th-battalion-13th-frontier-force-rifles-1849-1926/ ''History Of The 5th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1926''] by Col. H. C. Wylly Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below. | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 24 August 2020
Known as 58th Vaughan's Rifles
Chronology
- 1849 raised as 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1851 retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1945 became 5th Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on partition
- 1957 amalgamated with The Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment to form the new Frontier Force Regiment (10th Battalion)
Deployments
- 1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat.
- 1881: At Dera Ismail Khan.[1]
Regimental history
- History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849- 1926 by H. C Wylly, (Harold Carmichael). 1929. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007254905 . Also available in a reprint edition,[2] which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.
- 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,[3] 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
External Links
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment defence.pk
- "Oranges, Dates and Coconuts: 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force) in Egypt, Palestine, Somaliland and Portuguese East Africa 1916 - 1918" by Harry Fecitt. Harry’s Sideshows kaiserscross.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014
Historical books online
- The Historical Record of the 5th Punjab Infantry 1887. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
- My Service in the Indian Army – and After by Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org
- A Record of the 58th Rifles F. F. in the Great War 1914-1919 by A G Lind DSO 1933. Wikimedia Commons. Direct pdf link Archive.org pdf. May be slow to open.
- History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles originally published 1929, is available in a reprint edition, 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 Frontier Force Rifles by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is available in a reprint edition, 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.[4]
References
- ↑ Johnathan The Khyber Rifles Victorian Wars Forum 14 June 2012, now archived.
- ↑ History Of The 5th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1926 by Col. H. C. Wylly Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
- ↑ The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
- ↑ 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.