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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 ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Brigade] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160426120712/http://pakdef.org/12th-frontier-force-regiment/ 12th Frontier Force Regiment] pakdef.org, now archived.*[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/sets/72157628851032543/with/5900641897 2nd/52nd Sikhs Photograph Collection] flickr.com. Contains 59 photographs taken 1890-1919*[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===Historical books online===*[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.*[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]. [[Category:Bengal Indian ArmyInfantry Regiments]][[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]
