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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
*'''1956''' amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 7th (Coke's) Battalion
==Regimental history==*''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,<ref name=FFR>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/frontier-force-rifles1849-1946/ ''The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946''] by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.* ''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 . ==First World War==1/55th Rifles were part of the Bushire Field Force in 1918 and are mentioned in ''Operations in Persia''.<ref>Lindsay, Kimberley John. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/forums/topic/254405-mic-sans-bwmvm-with-1917-iaro-entry/?do=findComment&comment=2575297 MIC sans BWM/VM with 1917 IARO entry?] ''Great War Forum'' 22 October 2017. Retrieved & March 2020.</ref> See the Fibiwiki page [[Norperforce]].== External Links links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyuniforms/indianinfantry/1stpunjabinfbremner.htm Jemadar Uniform 1897] British Empire Website<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
**[https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discover/2016/06/03/mir-dast-the-man-behind-the-plaque/ Mir Dast - the man behind the plaque] brightonmuseums.org.uk. He was admitted to the Royal Pavilion Hospital, Brighton, England and it was here that he learned that he was to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in Ypres.*Details of catalogue entries for some WW1 War Diaries available at the National Archives. Kew, England. Note: "It is not guaranteed to be complete". In fact it shows no entries. The War Diaries available at the [[British Library]] may be a possible alternative source.**[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/1st_Battalion_55th_Coke%27s_Rifles,_Indian 1st Battalion 55th Coke's Rifles, Indian]**[http://wwwcollaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/2nd_Battalion_55th_Coke%27s_Rifles,_Indian 2nd Battalion 55th Coke's Rifles, Indian] collaborativecollections.org*[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk*The regiment was based in Kohat in 1860, so the following photograph may be in respect of the regiment: [https://collection.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1966-11-30-16 Photograph: c 1860: Playing Cricket, at Kohat]from UK , with St Augustine's Church newly completed in the background. From the National Army Museum .===Historical books online===* ''Digest of Services of the 1st (namCoke's) Regiment, Punjab Infantry'' by Colonel Theo Higginson. Published Simla, 1888. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278680 Archive.org mirror version], from Digital Library of India.*''The Frontier Force Rifles '' by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is available in a reprint edition,<ref name=FFR/> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19DeBdXGZW online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in Military Books/Britain). The reprint edition appears to have pages 298-299 missing which may be accessed below.<ref>idler. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/condon-the-frontier-force-rifles-1849-1946.85399/#post-880627 Condon - The Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1946], post 2, ''WW2Talk Forum'' 10 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020. To access the text, you must be signed into WW2Talk Forum.</ref>*[https://archive.org/details/commonwealthempi27londuoft/page/266/mode/2up "A Winter’s Night in the Malakand"] by Captain A E Mahon 55th Coke’s Rifles, Frontier Force. Page 266 ''The Empire Review'', catalogued as ''The Commonwealth & Empire Review'', Volume 27 1914. Archive.org*''Letters of a Once Punjab Frontier Force Officer to his Nephew Giving his Ideas on Fighting on the North West Frontier and in Afghanistan'' by Colonel J P Villiers-Stuart (John Patrick), late Coke’s Rifles PFF. 1925. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6123/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org version] mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) Digital Repository; [http://pahar.acin/wpfb-file/1925-letters-of-a-once-punjab-frontier-force-officer-by-villiers-stuart-s-pdf/ Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset version].uk(If the catalogue entry does not display a download, look under 'Books/Indian Subcontinent) .
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