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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/56thpunjabrifles.htm 56th Punjab Rifles] | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_Punjabi_Rifles_(Frontier_Force) 56th Punjabi Rifles] Wikipedia. Retrieved 3 August 2014 |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Frontier_Force_Rifles 13th Frontier Force Rifles] Wikipedia<br> | + | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/56thpunjabrifles.htm 56th Punjab Rifles] britishempire.co.uk<br> |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Frontier_Force_Rifles 13th Frontier Force Rifles] Wikipedia<br> |
| − | [http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_KnotHussar_PunjabInfantry.htm Photograph of Lt Napier Gordon - 2nd Punjab Infantry] from Hussards-photos.com | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia<br> |
| + | *[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_KnotHussar_PunjabInfantry.htm Photograph of Lt Napier Gordon - 2nd Punjab Infantry] from Hussards-photos.com | ||
=== Historical books online=== | === Historical books online=== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/myserviceinindi00vauggoog ''My service in the Indian Army – and after''] by General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. In 1850 he was appointed to the 2nd Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force | *[https://archive.org/details/myserviceinindi00vauggoog ''My service in the Indian Army – and after''] by General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. In 1850 he was appointed to the 2nd Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 3 August 2014
also known as 56th Punjab Rifles
Chronology
- 1849 raised as 2nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1851 retitled as the 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 became 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1901 became 2nd Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 56th Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1906 became 56th Punjab Rifles, Frontier Force
- 1922 became 2nd Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on partition
- 1957 The Frontier Force Rifles, The Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment were amalgamated to form the new Frontier Force Regiment
External Links
- 56th Punjabi Rifles Wikipedia. Retrieved 3 August 2014
- 56th Punjab Rifles britishempire.co.uk
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- Photograph of Lt Napier Gordon - 2nd Punjab Infantry from Hussards-photos.com
Historical books online
- My service in the Indian Army – and after by General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. In 1850 he was appointed to the 2nd Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
