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Authors
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T.F.
Mills |
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Page
created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
13.12.2005
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12th Frontier
Force Regiment
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India
/ Pakistan
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12th
Frontier Force Regiment, by John Gaylor (PakDef Military Consortium) |
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12th
Frontier Force Regiment, by John Gaylor (Defence Journal) |
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The
Frontier Force Regiment, by Babar Mahmud (Orbat.com) |
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Regimental Centre: |
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Mardan [1923-1947], Sialkot [1947-1956?] |
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Regulars:
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1st Battalion [1922-1956] |
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2nd Battalion [1922-1942,
1946-1956] |
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3rd Battalion [1922-1956] |
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4th
Battalion [1922-1948] |
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5th
Battalion (Guides) [1922-1956] |
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6th Battalion [1940-1944] |
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7th Battalion [1940-1946] |
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8th Battalion [1941-1956] |
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9th Battalion [1941-1946] |
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10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1943] |
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12th Battalion [not formed] |
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13th Battalion [not formed] |
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14th (Suba Sarhad) Battalion [1941-1946] |
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1st Afridi
Battalion [1942-1946] |
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25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1946] |
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26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946] |
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Machine Gun Battalion [1942-1946] |
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Territorials: |
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11th (Territorial) Battalion [1921-1941] |
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[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: |
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<1935> |
Maj-Gen. Arthur William Hamilton May Moens,
CB, CMG, DSO |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Regimental
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Full Histories:
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