5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
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 .
- 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.[2]
- 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. Archive.org mirror version
- 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.
References
- ↑ Johnathan The Khyber Rifles Victorian Wars Forum 14 June 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014
- ↑ The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.