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The 12th Frontier Force Regiment's origins lie in the four infantry regiments of the Frontier Brigade authorised in 1846 and raised by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lawrence, the agent (and brother) of the Governor-General of the Punjab frontier region (John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence), from veterans of disbanded opposition forces after the First Anglo-Sikh War.
The regiment was raised in its current form in 1957, through the amalgamation of two (with a later third component) former British Indian Army regiments: the 12th Frontier Force Regiment and the 13th Frontier Force Rifles. [6]
The Frontier Force Regiment of the Pakistan Army consists of battalions with their own history. Most were formed after independence, but some are much older. They are known as Piffers in reference to the former Punjab Irregular Force (PIF) formed by the British in 1851.
10th (Training) Battalion: Formed by renaming 2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Infantry (Frontier Force). 11th (Territorial) Battalion: Disbanded 1941. 13th Frontier Force Rifles: Renamed The Frontier Force Rifles in 1945. Allotted to Pakistan in 1947. Absorbed into Frontier Force Regiment in 1956.
The 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.It was raised in 1846 as the 4th Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) in 1903 and became 4th Battalion (Sikhs) 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922.
The 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.It was raised in 1846 as the 1st Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) in 1903 and became 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Sikhs) 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922.
In 1921, they were formally separated; the cavalry becoming the 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force), while the infantry joined the newly formed 12th Frontier Force Regiment, making up the 5th and 10th (Training) Battalions of the new infantry regiment. The new class composition of Guides Cavalry was Punjabi ...
12th Frontier Force Regiment, part of the British Indian Army; 13th Frontier Force Rifles, part of the British Indian Army, formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments; Royal West African Frontier Force, a multi-battalion field force, formed by the British Colonial Office in 1900; Special Frontier Force, a paramilitary unit of India