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56th Punjabi
Rifles
(Frontier Force) |
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India
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| 1849 | 2nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry | |
| 1851.02.15 | 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | |
| 1865.09.19 | 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force | |
| 1901 | 2nd Punjab Infantry | |
| 1903 | 56th Infantry (Frontier Force) | |
| 1906 | 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) | |
| 1922.03.01 | united with 55th Coke's Rifles, 57th Wilde's Rifles, 58th Vaughan's Rifles, and 59th Royal Scinde Rifles, to form 2nd Bn, 13th Frontier Force Rifles | |
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Delhi 1857, Lucknow, Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan 1878-79, Tirah, Punjab Frontier The Great War: 1. Awarded in 1926 to successor regiment. |
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