6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
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Known as 59th Scinde Rifles
Contents
Chronology
- 1843 raised in Karachi by Lt Robert FitzGerald as Scinde Camel Corps
- 1851 retitled as the Scinde Rifle Corps, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 became 6th Punjab Infantry Regiment
- 1903 became 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1921 became 59th Royal Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 6th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1945 became 1st Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on partition
- 1957 became 1st battalion Frontier Force Regiment
Regimental histories
- Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde) 1843-1923, published 1926. Now available online, see below.
- Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1843-1934 [Compiled by Douglas M. Lindsay] 1935. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795361
- Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde) 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1934-1947. [Compiled by N. L. St. P. Bunbury]. 1951. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795362
- 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,[1] 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
War Diaries, First World War
- A transcribed war diary (of an original handwritten diary, where the handwriting has been deciphered for you!) is available for 59th (Scinde) Rifles 1914-15 on the Western Front.[2] See Western Front - War Diaries for more details.
Waziristan 1937
During 1937 the regiment took part in operations against the Mahsud in Waziristan[3]
External Links
- 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) Wikipedia
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment by Dr Ali Jan. Commanding Officers (with thumbnail photographs) of “the oldest Frontier Force Battalion (Royal 6/13 or 1st FF)".
- Frontier Force Regiment defence.pk
- The 59th (now the1st) (SCINDE) Frontier Force Regiment Jullundur Brigade Association (retrieved 29 April 2014)
Historical books online
- Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde) 1843-1923 by Captain D M Lindsay 1926 Archive.org. Includes
- An old print titled “The Scinde Camel Corps as when first raised at Karachi” which is between pages 2 and 3.
- Another version of this print, Google Books correctly rotated.
- Also available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, titled Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion (located in Military Books/India).
- 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 online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in Military Books/Britain). The reprint edition appears to have pages 298-299 missing which may be accessed below.[4]
- (Brigadier Condon also wrote the regimental history The Frontier Force Regiment (1962), about a different regiment, see 12th Frontier Force Regiment.)
References
- ↑ The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
- ↑ Great War Diaries: 59th (Scinde) Rifles (FF) War Diary 1914-15: Indian Army on the Western Front Available on Kindle - Kindle App available to read the Diary.
- ↑ Payne, Rich Armoured Cars, Tanks, Other Vehicles... & Pith Helmets WW2Talk Forum 27 July 2014. Contains images. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ↑ idler. 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.
