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==Genealogy== | ==Genealogy== | ||
*1849 4th Regiment of Punjab Infantry, Transfrontier Brigade (''Denniss Ka Pultan'') | *1849 4th Regiment of Punjab Infantry, Transfrontier Brigade (''Denniss Ka Pultan'') | ||
*1851 4th Regiment of [[Punjab Irregular Force]] | *1851 4th Regiment of [[Punjab Irregular Force]] | ||
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==Recruitment & composition== | ==Recruitment & composition== | ||
The regiment was raised at Lahore, historic capital of the kingdom of Punjab, by Capt. George Gladwin Denniss II(1821–1862),<ref>Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919, p.1251; he was the eldest son of Col. George Gladwin Denniss I(1792-1856), CB, Bengal Horse Artillery.</ref> of the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, appointed on 18 April 1849. Capt. O. Marshall,<ref>Per Regimental History, no further biog. provided. Possibly Henry O. Marshall, d.29/5/1884, Devon, of 22nd Madras Native Infantry</ref> however, of the Madras Native Infantry became its first commandant, resigning on 19 March 1850, from which time Denniss took command until 25 February 1851.<ref>Regimental History of the 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wilde's), anonymously written, in Central Library of the RMA, Sandhurst, (Reprinted 2005 by The Naval & Military Press Ltd), Appendix 5. library of</ref> The regiment consisted in the first instance of 60 trans-[[Indus River|Indus]] [[Pashtun people|Pathans]], followers of [[Dewan Mulraj]], who had delivered themselves up as prisoners to the British Government on the capture of [[Multan]], 200 men of Sardar Dhara Singh's Regiment and 300 men of Col. [[Sher Singh Attariwalla|Shere Singh]]'s Regiment. A number of the ''Fateh Paltan'' also were, by order of Sir Henry Lawrence, drafted to the regiment.<ref>Regimental History, p.1</ref> The regiment's subsequent commander Lt-Col. Wilde wrote in 1860:<blockquote> | The regiment was raised at Lahore, historic capital of the kingdom of Punjab, by Capt. George Gladwin Denniss II(1821–1862),<ref>Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919, p.1251; he was the eldest son of Col. George Gladwin Denniss I(1792-1856), CB, Bengal Horse Artillery.</ref> of the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, appointed on 18 April 1849. Capt. O. Marshall,<ref>Per Regimental History, no further biog. provided. Possibly Henry O. Marshall, d.29/5/1884, Devon, of 22nd Madras Native Infantry</ref> however, of the Madras Native Infantry became its first commandant, resigning on 19 March 1850, from which time Denniss took command until 25 February 1851.<ref>Regimental History of the 4th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Wilde's), anonymously written, in Central Library of the RMA, Sandhurst, (Reprinted 2005 by The Naval & Military Press Ltd), Appendix 5. library of</ref> The regiment consisted in the first instance of 60 trans-[[Indus River|Indus]] [[Pashtun people|Pathans]], followers of [[Dewan Mulraj]], who had delivered themselves up as prisoners to the British Government on the capture of [[Multan]], 200 men of Sardar Dhara Singh's Regiment and 300 men of Col. [[Sher Singh Attariwalla|Shere Singh]]'s Regiment. A number of the ''Fateh Paltan'' also were, by order of Sir Henry Lawrence, drafted to the regiment.<ref>Regimental History, p.1</ref> The regiment's subsequent commander Lt-Col. Wilde wrote in 1860:<blockquote> | ||
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==Wilde Appointed to Command== | ==Wilde Appointed to Command== | ||
Lt. Alfred Thomas Wilde of the 19th Madras Infantry, whose name was given in 1903 to the regiment as part of its official title, was appointed second in command on 4 April 1851, and joined 4 days later, being appointed commandant on 19 November 1851.<ref>Regimental History, p.2</ref> | Lt. Alfred Thomas Wilde of the 19th Madras Infantry, whose name was given in 1903 to the regiment as part of its official title, was appointed second in command on 4 April 1851, and joined 4 days later, being appointed commandant on 19 November 1851.<ref>Regimental History, p.2</ref> | ||