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Known as '''52nd Sikhs'''
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== Chronology ==
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*'''1846''' raised by Captain J.W.V. Stephen at Kangra as 2nd 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 2nd 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 '''2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force'''
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*'''1903''' became 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
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*'''1922''' became 2nd Battalion [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]]
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*'''1945''' became 2nd Battalion (Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
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*'''1957''' became 4th Battalion Frontier Force Regiment
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==Regimental Histories==
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*''The Historical Record of the 2nd (or Hill) Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force''. Lahore: Punjab Govt Press. 1888 edition is available at the British Library, reference IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4303.
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: 1887 edition is available online, refer below.
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*''Historical Record of 52nd Sikhs Frontier Force late 2nd (or Hill) Sikh Infantry : Punjab Frontier Force''. Published Lahore : The Mufid-I-Am Press, 1905  (63 p.)
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*''History of the 2nd Sikhs, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, 1846-1933''. Compiled by Captain C. W. May. Published Jubbulpore 1933. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001795399
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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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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/sets/72157628851032543/with/5900641897  2nd/52nd Sikhs Photograph Collection] flickr.com. Contains 59 photographs taken 1890-1919
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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
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===Historical books online===
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*[http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=7530&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched=W3GX&sbtsro=1&viewall=1 ''The Historical Records of The 2nd Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force''] 1887 Panjab Digital Library.  Also available  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285163 Archive.org], mirror from Digital Library of India.
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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 00:35, 12 September 2021

Known as 52nd Sikhs

Chronology

  • 1846 raised by Captain J.W.V. Stephen at Kangra as 2nd Sikh Infantry
  • 1846-7 1st-4th Sikh Regiments formed as the Infantry of the Frontier Brigade
  • 1847 became 2nd Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
  • 1851 Frontier Brigade became the Punjab Irregular Force (Piffers) including the Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force
  • 1865 became 2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
  • 1903 became 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
  • 1922 became 2nd Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment
  • 1945 became 2nd Battalion (Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  • 1957 became 4th Battalion Frontier Force Regiment

Regimental Histories

  • The Historical Record of the 2nd (or Hill) Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force. Lahore: Punjab Govt Press. 1888 edition is available at the British Library, reference IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4303.
1887 edition is available online, refer below.
  • Historical Record of 52nd Sikhs Frontier Force late 2nd (or Hill) Sikh Infantry : Punjab Frontier Force. Published Lahore : The Mufid-I-Am Press, 1905 (63 p.)
  • History of the 2nd Sikhs, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, 1846-1933. Compiled by Captain C. W. May. Published Jubbulpore 1933. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795399
  • The Frontier Force Regiment, compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below.

External Links

Historical books online

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