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2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

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[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force]]
'''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
 ==Regimental history==* ''History of the 2nd Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849-1931'', published 1933. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01013831726 .*''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>[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 . == External Links links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_Punjabi_Rifles_(Frontier_Force) 56th Punjabi Rifles] Wikipedia. Retrieved 3 August 2014*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/56thpunjabrifles.htm 56th Punjab Rifles] Wikipedia britishempire.co.uk<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Frontier_Force_Rifles 13th Frontier Force Rifles] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk*[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_KnotHussar_PunjabInfantry.htm Photograph of Lt Napier Gordon - 2nd Punjab Infantry] from Hussards-photos.com*[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 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force).=== Historical books online=== * ''History Of The Second Punjab Infantry 1849-1888'', published Calcutta 1889. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278770 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[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.*''The Frontier Force Rifles '' by Brigadier W E H Condon, originally published 1953, is available in a reprint edition, 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 World War II/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> ==References==<references/>{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} 
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