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
• 12th Frontier Force Regiment pakdef.org
• "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.
• "Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915" by Harry Fecitt, from Harry’s Sideshows kaiserscross.com. Includes mention of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force).

Historical books online

• Compilation from Extracts of Regimental Orders and Instructions Affecting the Discipline and Interior Economy of the 1st Regiment Sikh Local Infantry issued by Lieut. Col. Hodgson Commandant 1850. Google Books
• History of the First Sikh Infantry 1846-1886 Vol-I reprinted 1903, (with updates), first published 1887. Archive.org

This book is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, in three different editions. Barcodes 99999990126320/ 99999990183845 - 1887: 99999990247505 - 1903; 99999990130921/ 99999990174382 - 1929