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The 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1849 as the 2nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1906 and became 2nd Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 8th Battalion The Frontier Force Regiment.[1][2]
Early history
The regiment was raised on 18 May 1849 by Lieutenant JC Johnston at
56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)
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Subsequent to the
Third Afghan War of 1919.[1][2] The regiment's total casualties during the war were 1679, including 389 killed or died of wounds.[3]
Subsequent History
After the First World War, the two battalions of 56th Punjabi Rifles were grouped with the
Burma Campaign.[1] In 1947, the Frontier Force Rifles was allotted to Pakistan Army. In 1948, 2 FF Rifles fought in the Kashmir War against India. In 1956, the Frontier Force Rifles and the Pathan Regiment were merged with the Frontier Force Regiment, and 2 FF Rifles was redesignated as 8 FF. During the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965, the battalion served in the Rann of Kutch and Rajasthan Sector.[4]
Genealogy
- 1849 2nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry
56th Infantry (Frontier Force), 1905. - 1851 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1901 2nd Punjab Infantry
- 1903 56th Infantry (Frontier Force)
- 1906 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1917 1st Battalion 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 2nd Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1945 2nd Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles
- 1956 8th Battalion The Frontier Force Regiment[1][2]
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References
- ^ a b c d e Condon, Brig WEH. (1953). The Frontier Force Rifles. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.
- ^ a b c d North, REFG. (1934). The Punjab Frontier Force: A Brief Record of Their Services 1846-1924. DI Khan: Commercial Steam Press.
- ^ History of the 2nd Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1931. (1933). Bury St Edmund's: Groom and Son.
- ^ Attiqur Rahman, Lt Gen M. (1980). The Wardens of the Marches – A History of the Piffers 1947-71. Lahore: Wajidalis.
Further reading
- History of the 2nd Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1931. (1933). Bury St Edmund's: Groom and Son.
- Condon, Brig WEH. (1953). The Frontier Force Rifles. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.
- Young, Brig WHH. (1945). Regimental History of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles. Rawalpindi: The Frontier Exchange Press.
- North, REFG. (1934). The Punjab Frontier Force: A Brief Record of Their Services 1846-1924. DI Khan: Commercial Steam Press.
- Hayauddin, Maj Gen M. (1950). One Hundred Glorious Years: A History of the Punjab Frontier Force, 1849-1949. Lahore: Civil and Military Gazette Press.
- Dey, RSBN. (1905). A Brief Account of the Late Punjab Frontier Force, From its Organization in 1849 to its Re-distribution on 31st March 1903. Calcutta.
- Attiqur Rahman, Lt Gen M. (1980). The Wardens of the Marches – A History of the Piffers 1947-71. Lahore: Wajidalis.
- Khan, Maj Muhammad Nawaz. (1996). The Glorious Piffers 1843-1995. Abbottabad: The Frontier Force Regimental Centre.
- Gaylor, John. (1991). Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903- 1991. Stroud: Spellmount. ISBN 978-0-946771-98-1
- Barthorp, M, and Burn, J. (1979). Indian Infantry Regiments 1860-1914. London: Osprey. ISBN 978-0-85045-307-2
- Sumner, Ian. (2001). The Indian Army 1914-1947. London: Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-196-6