4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

Known as 57th Wilde's Rifles

Chronology

1849 raised as 4th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
1851 retitled as the 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
1865 retitled as the 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
1903 became 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)
1922 became 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
1945 became 4th 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)

Regimental History of the 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wilde’s) published c 1930 is available in a reprint edition,^[1] which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.
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,^[2] 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

A transcribed war diary (of an original handwritten diary, where the handwriting has been deciphered for you!) is available for 57th (Wilde's) Rifles 1914-15 on the Western Front.^[3] See Western Front - War Diaries for more details.

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Lithograph: A native officer and men of the 4th Regt. Punjab Rifles 1855. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library Providence RI, USA.
Mir Dast - the man behind the plaque brightonmuseums.org.uk. He was admitted to the Royal Pavilion Hospital, Brighton, England and it was here that he learned that he was to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in Ypres. At the time Mir Dast was attached to the 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force),
The 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, in German East Africa. July 1916 to September 1917 by Harry Fecitt gweaa.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014

Regimental History of the 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wilde’s), originally published c 1930, is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in World War II/Military Books/Britain).
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 World War II/Military Books/Britain). The reprint edition appears to have pages 298-299 missing which may be accessed below.^[4]

↑ Regimental History of the 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wilde’s) Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
↑ The Frontier Force Rifles 1849 – 1946 by Brigadier W E H Condon. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
↑ Great War Diaries: 57th (Wilde's) Rifles (Frontier Force) War Diary 1914-15: The Indian Army on the Western Front Available on Kindle - Kindle App available to read the Diary. Transcribed from the original handwritten War Diary.
↑ 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.