1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

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

First World War

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

External Links

• Jemadar Uniform 1897 British Empire Website
  
• John Coke (East India Company officer) Wikipedia
  
• Jemadar Mir Dast VC Wikipedia
• Photograph: c 1860: Playing Cricket, Kohatfrom UK National Army Museum (nam.ac.uk)
• Details of catalogue entries for some WW1 War Diaries available at the National Archives. Kew, England. Note: "It is not guaranteed to be complete". In fact it shows no entries. The War Diaries available at the British Library may be a possible alternative source.
  • 1st Battalion 55th Coke's Rifles, Indian
  • 2nd Battalion 55th Coke's Rifles, Indian collaborativecollections.org

Historical books online

• Digest Of Services Of The 1st (Coke's) Regiment, Punjab Infantry by Colonel Theo Higginson. Published Simla, 1888. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org mirror version.