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===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. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278680 Archive.org mirror version].
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*'''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
==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. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/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 24 October 2017& 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
**[httphttps://wwwbrightonmuseums.nam.acorg.uk/onlinediscover/2016/06/03/mir-dast-collection/detail.php?acc=1966the-man-behind-11the-30plaque/ Mir Dast -16 Photograph: c 1860: Playing Cricket, Kohatthe man behind the plaque]from UK National Army Museum (nambrightonmuseums.acorg.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://collaborativecollections.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/detail.php?acc=1966-11-30-16 Photograph: c 1860: Cricket at Kohat], with St Augustine's Church newly completed in the background. From the National Army Museum.
===Historical books online===
* ''Digest of Services of the 1st (Coke'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.in/wpfb-file/1925-letters-of-a-once-punjab-frontier-force-officer-by-villiers-stuart-s-pdf/ Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset version]. (If the catalogue entry does not display a download, look under 'Books/Indian Subcontinent).
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