1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

Known as 51st Sikhs

Chronology

• 1846 raised by Captain J. S. Hodgson at Hoshiarpur as 1st Sikh Infantry
• 1846-7 1st-4th Sikh Regiments formed as the Infantry of the Frontier Brigade
• 1847 became 1st Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
• 1851 Frontier Brigade became the Punjab Irregular Force (Piffers) including the Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force
• 1865 became 1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
• 1903 became 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
• 1922 became 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Sikhs) 12th Frontier Force Regiment
• 1945 became 1st Battalion (PWO Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
• 1957 became 3rd Battalion Frontier Force Regiment

Battle Honours

• 1849 Punjaub
• 1878 Afghanistan

• Ali Masjid

External Links

• Frontier Brigade Wikipedia
  
• Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
• "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918" by Mark Connelly Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005. pages 65-96. Includes brief mention of 51/Sikhs.

Historical books online

• History of the First Sikh Infantry 1846-1886 Vol-I published 1887 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.