History of the 5th battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles / H. C. Wylly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wylly, Col. H. C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India. Army. Frontier Force Rifles, 13th.

India.

India--History, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Place of Publication:

Uckfield, East Sussex, England : The Naval & Military Press in association with the Imperial War Museum, Dept. of Printed Books, 2011.

Summary:

A compact and competent history of this Indian Army unit, first raised in the Punjab in the 1840s. It was intended for internal security work and to guard the always turbulent North-West Frontier. Its first active operations, however, were in helping to quell the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58. Under Gen. Sir Hope Grant it served at Mardan, Lucknow and through Oude, ending up on the border with Nepal. After the Mutiny, it became part of the Punjab Frontier Force. It took part in the second Afgh...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Title Page; Title Page Verso; Front Matter; Frontispiece; Title Page; Illustrations; Maps; Body Matter; I: First Period - 1849-1881; II: Second Period -1881-1914; III: Third Period - The Great War, 1914-1920; IV: Fourth Period - 1920-1926; Back Matter; Appendices; A: The Great War - British and Indian Officers and Other Ranks Killed and Wounded; B: Honours and Awards Gained During the War, 1914-18, by the 58th Rifles; C: List of Units from Which Reinforcements Were Received; D: The Work of the Depot

E: Roll of Officers of the 5th Punjab Infantry, 58th Frontier Force Rifles and 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849-1926Maps

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781283693165

128369316X

9781781493311

1781493316

OCLC:

772845566