FF Reg not formed in 1846[edit]

As I understand it, the FFR was not formed as such until 1923. A frontier brigade was raised by LT. Col. Lawrence under the General Order No. 2457 dated 14th Dec 1846 which comprised 4 Regiments of Infantry, a company of artillery and the Guides. The 4 infantry regiments were named in 1847 the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sikhs. In the 1903 re-organisation they were re-named 51st, 52nd, 53rd and 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force). In 1923 they became 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th BNs of 12 Frontier Force Regiment. In the reorganisation of the Pakistan Army post partition, they became 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Bns Frontier Force Regiment. My sources for this are "History of the 1st Sikh Infantry, 1846 - 1886" published in Madras in 1887 and "Sons of John Company" by John Gaylor Kirrages 15:08, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Overlapping pages: 12 Frontier Force Regiment and frontier Force Regiment[edit]

I also see that Wiki has a page on the 12th Frontier Force Regiment, which is the same thing (although modern FFReg is a merger of 12th FFReg, 13th FF Rifles etc). Should these pages not be merged?Kirrages 16:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

Surely this regiment was formed by the British Raj, and then passed into the Pakistan military at independence. This should be mentioned. 'Today the Regiment stands out in all the professional fields and has truly rocked the enemy on many movements with the LABBAIK slogan.' This doesn't sound very NPOV. 145.253.108.22 16:54, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Corps of Guides[edit]

The Guides infantry was integrated into the FFReg when the 12th FFR was formed in 1922, becoming its 5th battalion, not in 1957 when the old FFReg, FFRif and Pathan Regiments were merged. Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 10:55, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But i think i have read it somewhere that, still some of the element of Corps of Guide existed after independence of Pakistan, but can't find where i read that. Do you know the history of the current "Guides Cavalry". It was separated from FF Regiment after independence of Pakistan. --SMS Talk 11:22, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the 1922 reorganisation the Guides Cavalry remained separate and were allocated a cavalry regiment number: 10th (QVO Corps of Guides) Cavalry FF. They remained as such through WWII and were allocated to Pakistan at partition. Don't know what happened to them then. Is there a mechanised recce or armoured regiment that looks like them in today's Pakistan Army? I don't see them in the (endless!) list of FFR battalions in the FFR article. Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 11:44, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes! the armoured battalion named "Guides Cavalry" still exists, which is said to be separated from the Corps of Guide! It is nowadays located at Karachi. And one the general of Pak Army if you know General Mohammad Yousaf was also from Guides Cavalry battalion. Well about its inclusion in FFR battalions list, i didn't add it there because FFR is now considered to be an Infantry regt. So thats why Guides and some other units like 1st SP Artillery(which was previously a battery and known as 2nd Royal Kohat and 3rd Peshawar Mountain Batteries), 11 Cavalry(PAVO Cavalry).etc aren't listed among FFR units. --SMS Talk 12:40, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As you can see here too [1] and the Guides Cavalry were recently handed over Al-Khalid tanks[2]. --SMS Talk 12:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Guides Cavalry, PAVO, 23,24,25 Cavlry and 41 Horse in addition to the 1 (SP) is formally administered by the FF, the recruits undertake basic training at the FF Center though they are sent to their own centers for the specialised training.58.65.163.248 (talk) 06:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Informal peer review[edit]

As requested, here are a new suggestions about how this article could be improved and expanded.

Lead

This should ideally be two or three paragraphs, providing a summary of the contents of the article. I suggest the content hould be something like this:

  1. Par 1 - Who the Piffers are today ie "Regimental units and depot". Summarise "Origins of the regiment".
  2. Par 2 - Summarise "Battles fought" and "Overseas service"
  3. Par 3 - Summarise "Commanders" and "Battle Honours"
Origins of the regiment
Regimental units and depot
Regimental motto and colours
Battles fought
Overseas service
Nishan-e-Haider Recipients
Copy-editing and MoS

I've lightly copy-edited the article to tidy up inconsistencies. The major stuff includes:

Stuff that needs to be looked at:

Overall, nice work so far and very promising. I'll be very happy to look at the article again later, if you need further input. All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 07:17, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am working on these suggestions as you can find here, but the main problem arising is the unavailability of sources, I am unable to find online sources. Specially for adding new section like Motto and Colours.. I personally have some knowledge about them but that will again constitute to original research. Any ideas! --SMS Talk 20:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. Are there any books? In the motto and colours section you could find a source for what the Pakistani army's uniform generally is, explain that and then explain the difference? --ROGER DAVIES talk 20:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Almost done, but still some little details may be added. --SMS Talk 08:50, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: The talk page banner[edit]

Just adding this comment to generate a newer version of the page for you to check SMS. Arun Reginald (talk · contribs) 20:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! its appearing fine now. --SMS Talk 19:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the barnstar. By the way, I had devised this new category called the Category:B-Class Pakistan articles with unmet criteria to list all the B-Class articles that had no way of being listed. Arun Reginald (talk · contribs) 20:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit notes[edit]

I've finally got round to it - apologies for the wait! I'll post comments and questions below, and add to them as I go. EyeSerenetalk 11:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

General comments

Its true that the article has over sub-headings, as you already have minimized the TOC a little and I think its ok, so if you feel it is still lengthy you can merge some more sections. --SMS Talk 06:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks. We'll see how it works out ;) EyeSerenetalk 12:03, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure! If I couldn't find a source to any tagged statements, I will tell you, so you can remove that statement. SMS Talk 20:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure! SMS Talk 20:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have formatted references to multiple pages of same book using Harvard referencing. Not sure if others need to be done like this too. --SMS Talk 20:21, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

Origins of the Regiment

I think its fine! --SMS Talk 06:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Pathan Regiment was raised after the independence of Pakistan on November 1, 1948. The purpose of the establishment of this regiment is said to pacify the Pathans of the North-West Frontier Province, who were double minded at the time of partition. Initially the regimental depot was at Dera Ismail Khan but it relocated to Kohat in 1949. Later, in 1956, this regiment was merged with others to form the Frontier Force Regiment with its regimental depot at Abbottabad.[1]

The battalions which were assigned to Pathan regiment were:[1]

Should I create a stub article on it? --SMS Talk 06:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Up to you - it might be worth doing if you don't mind. EyeSerenetalk 10:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I looked at this and wonder why it didn't came to my mind. This source states that the merger took in 1957 and this one says that it was 1956. Surprising thing is this that both are from the same website. The booklet I got also states that Pakistan became a republic in 1956 and the same year FFR was transformed into its present form. Now I think it may be was 1956 or the amalgamation started in 1956 and continued some time in 1957. What do you think? --SMS Talk 06:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Condon has it as 1956 (pp. 592, xxi and xxii). Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 09:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Again my mistake to write that without linking it anywhere. I have edited that image caption to more correct one. Besides Quaid-e-Azam(or Quaid) was the founder of Pakistan. --SMS Talk 06:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think Kirrages solved this issue. --SMS Talk 06:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regimental units and depot now two sections: Composition and Headquarters

Actually it refers to past, that Kohat was a popular Piffer station. SMS Talk 20:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps that could go back in then, although we'd need a source. EyeSerenetalk 17:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
True! it's not neutral! SMS Talk 20:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well Yadgar means memorial and Shuhada means Martyrs, so I think it can be Martyr Memorial or only Memorial. What do you say? --SMS Talk 20:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Would "Memorial to the Martyrs" be fair? Presumably 'Shuhada' is the plural of 'Shaheed' then? I don't have any NPOV problems using the word 'martyr' here - it's the name of the memorial after all! EyeSerenetalk 17:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well in the Akram's booklet it is mentioned "Roll of Honour". SMS Talk 20:52, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks. I'll change that. EyeSerenetalk 17:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have one in the booklet which mentions no copyrights at all(which I had uploaded), but I was advised that an image without a copyright claim cannot be uploaded. If you think it can be I can scan it again and upload it. One is here too, again don't know about it's copyright status. SMS Talk 20:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll look into it and see if I can track down the copyright. EyeSerenetalk 17:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I've emailed the site owner to see if we can get permission to release the image under the GFDL. We'll have to wait and see... EyeSerenetalk 19:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I tried but couldn't find sourced exact numerical strength. A rough estimate can be made but I don't think it will be of any worth. Since it is an infantry regiment and an Infantry Battalion of Pakistan Army typically has 4 companies, with a total strength of 600-900[3]. So the strength of the regiment may be 600-900 x 52 that is 31200-46800. SMS Talk 20:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure you're right about the numbers, but if you have no source then you're also right to leave it out. EyeSerenetalk 17:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Battles Fought

Sure! I will keep an eye. Please apologize me for taking that much time to reply, I may take another 24 Hours because of a little busy schedule I am having nowadays. Thanks! --SMS Talk 19:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem - I'm in the same situation! EyeSerenetalk 19:55, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Added a lot of references. --SMS Talk 20:20, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have changed it to Kargil War. --SMS Talk 20:20, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The 1971 war was not focused on Kashmir (though war was fought at Kashmir in 1971 but Kashmir dispute was not the cause of the war), so it might not be appropriate to name the whole section as Kashmir dispute. --SMS Talk 20:20, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Image no more exists. --SMS Talk 20:20, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Overseas Service

Commanders

Battle Honours

Motto and Colours

In Media

Alliances

References

  1. ^ a b Bajwa, Mandeep Singh (2002). "The Pathan Regiment". Orbat.com website. Ravi Rikhye. Note that there is a typo in this source. 4/12 was a Frontier Force Regiment battalion, not a Frintier Force Rifles one

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Self published sources in the article[edit]

Do not restore self published sources as refs, this is extremely disruptive. spend time on getting better sources than reverting back an SPS into article space--DBigXray 22:11, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked the source for once? Assume Good Faith and don't call other's edits disruptive without verifying. --SMS Talk 05:57, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well you preach others to assume good faith, do you actually follow what you preach? Hell no. You are accusing me of not looking at the source and sermoning me to follow AGF in the same line, what an irony. I have very well looked and read that source. Pakdef.info is a non-reliable WP:SPS that tweaks and modifies the content to serve its objective, nowhere reliable, get the actual source if you can and then use it, --DBigXray 06:20, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Major Muhammad Akvar Khan[edit]

Major Muhammad Akbar Khan was not the part of FF regiment in the 1947-48 Kashmir War. Infact he was the part of the 4/16th Punjab Regiment at that time and saw action in Tithwal sector. Ahmed Nausher (talk) 11:12, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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