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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan
 
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan
 
*'''1957''' amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 5th Battalion
 
*'''1957''' amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 5th Battalion
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==Regimental history==
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*''The Frontier Force Regiment'',  compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001795357
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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*[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  53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
 
*[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  53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
 
===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284313 ''The Historical Record Of The 3rd Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force'']  Published  1904. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284313 ''The Historical Record Of The 3rd Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force'']  Published  1904. Archive.org, Public  Library of India Collection.
  
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]
 
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]

Revision as of 04:55, 4 December 2018

Known as the 3rd Sikhs and 53rd Sikhs

Chronology

  • 1846 raised as 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Frontier Brigade by Capt F Winter at Ferozpur
  • 1847 renamed 3rd Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
  • 1851 renamed 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
  • 1865 became the 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
  • 1901 became 3rd Sikh Infantry
  • 1903 became 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
  • 1922 amalagmated with four other regiments to form four battalions of 12th Frontier Force Regiment becoming 3rd Battalion
  • 1935 became 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs), 12th Frontier Regiment
  • 1945 became 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs), Frontier Force Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan
  • 1957 amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 5th Battalion

Regimental history

  • The Frontier Force Regiment, compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795357

External links

Historical books online