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Punjab Irregular Force.
- British India North West Frontier

Punjab Irregular Force

My Limited edition soldier depicts the 1st Infantry Punjab Irregular Force c.1865 which served in British Indias' North West Frontier.

The Punjab Irregular Force (PIF) was put in place to protect British India from the warlike tribes that inhabited (and still do) Afghanistan and the mountinous Indian North West Frointier. The Regiment traces its history back more than 150 years to the Corps of Guides Cavalry and Infantry raised by Lt. H.D. Lumsden at Peshawar on 14th Dec 1846.

This was amalgamated with the 1st Punjab Cavalry on 18 May 1849, the official birthday of the Force, to become the Trans-Frontier Brigade. For a century this force was celebrated in military circles the world over as the ‘Piffers’ - Punjab Irregular Force.

These tough and hardy hill fighters from the rugged, barren outbreak of the Afghan-Indian border were quick to find affinity with the British highlanders, whose traditions were similar. Adapting the swirling Scottish Kilt to their own use, they marched into the battle to the skirl of pipes plying such stirring airs as Scotland for Ever, Cock of the North, Athol Highlanders, Scotland the Brave, Come Lasses and Lads, Colonel Bogey, With a Hundred Pipes and many more regimental marches they made their own.

British Raj Colonial Soldier Collection

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Wooden Soldier Regimental Histories

All of my wooden soldiers are made in strictly limited editions, click here for a regimental history of each soldier.