4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
Known as 54th Sikhs
Chronology
- 1846 raised by Captain C. MacKenzie at Ludhiana as 4th 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 4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 4th Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment
- 1945 became 4th Battalion (Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 1957 became 6th Battalion Frontier Force Regiment
External Links
- Frontier Brigade Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- WO 374/20814 - service record of Horace Charles Druett flickr.com. He applied for the India Army Reserve of Officers in October 1917 when he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Application form. He was seconded 21st December 1917 and was in India until the end of 1920, at least the latter part with the 1/54 Sikhs FF at Jullundur