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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coke_(EICo) John Coke (East India Company officer) ] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coke_(EICo) John Coke (East India Company officer) ] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Dast Jemadar Mir Dast VC] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Dast Jemadar Mir Dast VC] Wikipedia | ||
| − | *[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1966-11-30-16 Photograph: c 1860: Playing Cricket, Kohat]from UK National Army Museum (nam.ac.uk) | + | *[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1966-11-30-16 Photograph: c 1860: Playing Cricket, Kohat]from UK National Army Museum (nam.ac.uk) |
| + | ===Historical books online=== | ||
| + | *[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278680 ''Digest Of Services Of The 1st (Coke's) Regiment, Punjab Infantry''] by Colonel Theo Higginson. Published Simla, 1888. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. | ||
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Revision as of 07:07, 1 March 2016
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
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)
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.
