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, now an archived web page. 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 Volume I, and 1887-1901 Volume II (one book), reprinted 1903, first published 1887. Archive.org

There was a subsequent edition, with history to 1920, published 1929, which is believed to this pdf download, Digital Library of India, although it is catalogued 1887. There are also other editions available on the DLI, including some which only appear to be available on the "old" website in Tiff format, including the 1929 edition barcode 99999990174382.