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12th Frontier Force Regiment
 
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1922.03.01 12th Frontier Force Regiment
formed by union:
 
1945 The Frontier Force Regiment
1947 allocated to Pakistan at partition and independence
1956 united with The Frontier Force Rifles, and The Pathan Regiment, to form
The Frontier Force Regiment
12th Frontier Force Regiment, by John Gaylor (PakDef Military Consortium)
12th Frontier Force Regiment, by John Gaylor (Defence Journal)
pip The Frontier Force Regiment, by Babar Mahmud (Orbat.com)
Regimental Centre:
Mardan [1923-1947], Sialkot [1947-1956?]
 
Regulars:
  1st Battalion [1922-1956]
  2nd Battalion [1922-1942, 1946-1956]
  3rd Battalion [1922-1956]
  4th Battalion [1922-1948]
  5th Battalion (Guides) [1922-1956]
  6th Battalion [1940-1944]
  7th Battalion [1940-1946]
  8th Battalion [1941-1956]
  9th Battalion [1941-1946]
  10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1943]
12th Battalion [not formed]
13th Battalion [not formed]
  14th (Suba Sarhad) Battalion [1941-1946]
  1st Afridi Battalion [1942-1946]
  25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1946]
  26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946]
  Machine Gun Battalion [1942-1946]
   
Territorials:
  11th (Territorial) Battalion [1921-1941]
   
   
   
[combined battle honours of the 51st Sikhs, 52nd Sikhs, 53rd Sikhs, 54th Sikhs and the Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Infantry, plus:]

The Great War:1  Suez Canal, Egypt 1915, Megiddo, Sharon, Nablus, Palestine 1918, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1915-18, Aden, NW Frontier India 1914 '15 '16-17

Afghanistan 19191

The Second World War:  Gallabat, Tehamiyam Wells, Um Hagar, Agordat, Barentu, Keren, Amba Alagi, Abyssinia 1940-41, Gazala, Bir Hacheim, El Adem, North Africa 1940-43, Landing in Sicily, Sicily 1943, Landing at Reggio, The Sangro, Mozzagrogna, Romagnoli, The Moro, Impossible Bridge, Cassino II, Pignataro, Advance to Florence, Campriano, Gothic Line, Coriano, The Senio, Santerno Crossing, Italy 1943-45, Athens, Greece 1944-45, North Malaya, Kota Bharu, Central Malaya, Kuantan, Machang, Singapore Island, Malaya 1941-42, Moulmein, Sittang 1942 '45, Pegu 1942 '45, Taukkyan, Shwegyin, North Arakan, Buthidaung, Maungdaw, Ngakyedauk Pass, Imphal, Tamu Road, Shenam Pass, Bishenpur, Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead, Arakan Beaches, Ramree, Taungup, Mandalay, Myinmu, Fort Dufferin, Kyaukse 1945, Meiktila, Nyaungu Bridgehead, Capture of Meiktila, Defence of Meiktila, The Irrawaddy, Rangoon Road, Pyawbwe, Toungoo, Burma 1942-45

1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.]

 
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2nd Bn:
<1935> Maj-Gen. Arthur William Hamilton May Moens, CB, CMG, DSO
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