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Known as '''51st Sikhs'''
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== Chronology ==
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*'''1846''' raised by Captain J. S. Hodgson at Hoshiarpur as 1st Sikh Infantry
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*'''1846-7''' 1st-4th Sikh Regiments formed as the Infantry of the Frontier Brigade
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*'''1847''' became 1st Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
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*'''1851''' Frontier Brigade became the Punjab Irregular Force (Piffers) including the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force]]
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*'''1865''' became '''1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force'''
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*'''1903''' became 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
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*'''1922''' became 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Sikhs) [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]]
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*'''1945''' became 1st Battalion (PWO Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
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*'''1957''' became 3rd Battalion Frontier Force Regiment
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== Battle Honours ==
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*'''1849''' [[:Category:2nd Sikh War|Punjaub]]
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*'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
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:*[[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878|Ali Masjid]]
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==Regimental history==
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''The Frontier Force Regiment'',  compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below.
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== External links ==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Brigade] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160426120712/http://pakdef.org/12th-frontier-force-regiment/  12th Frontier Force Regiment] pakdef.org, now archived.
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*[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "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, now an archived web page. Includes brief mention of 51/Sikhs.
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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/530822.html "Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915"] by Harry Fecitt, from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] kaiserscross.com.  Includes mention of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force).
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===Historical books online===
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*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S_BeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''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
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*[https://archive.org/details/historystsikhin00unkngoog ''History of the 1st Sikh Infantry 1846-1886 Volume I'', and ''1887-1901 Volume II''] (one book), reprinted 1903, first published 1887. Archive.org. Another file: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284943/mode/2up/ ''Volume II 1887-1901''] Archive.org
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: There was a subsequent edition, with history to 1920, published 1929, available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01006690188
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*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1962-the-frontier-force-regiment-by-condon-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Force Regiment'']  compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3213/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
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[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]

Latest revision as of 00:38, 12 September 2021

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

Regimental history

The Frontier Force Regiment, compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below.

External links

Historical books online

There was a subsequent edition, with history to 1920, published 1929, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006690188
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