4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
Known as 57th Wilde's Rifles
Chronology
- 1849 raised as 4th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1851 retitled as the 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 retitled as the 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1945 became 4th 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)
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 57th (Wilde's) Rifles 1914-15 on the Western Front.[1] See Western Front - War Diaries for more details.
External Links
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- 4th Punjab Infantry Regiment Wikipedia
- Lithograph: A native officer and men of the 4th Regt. Punjab Rifles 1855. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library Providence RI, USA.
- The 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, in German East Africa. July 1916 to September 1917 by Harry Fecitt gweaa.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014
References
- ↑ Great War Diaries: 57th (Wilde's) Rifles (Frontier Force) War Diary 1914-15: The Indian Army on the Western Front Available on Kindle - Kindle App available to read the Diary.