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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/myserviceinindi00vauggoog#page/n11/mode/1up  ''My service in the Indian Army –and after'']  by Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org
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*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/285164  ''The Historical Record of the 5th Punjab Infantry''] 1887. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 07:36, 27 September 2015

Known as 58th Vaughan's Rifles

Chronology

  • 1849 raised as 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
  • 1851 retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
  • 1865 retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
  • 1903 became 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
  • 1922 became 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
  • 1945 became 5th Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on partition
  • 1957 amalgamated with The Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment to form the new Frontier Force Regiment (10th Battalion)

Deployments

1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat.
1881: At Dera Ismail Khan. [1]

External Links

Historical books on-line

References

  1. ↑ Johnathan The Khyber Rifles Victorian Wars Forum 14 June 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014
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