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HISTORY The 12th Frontier Force Regiment’s origins lie in the four infantry regiments of the Frontier Brigade authorised in 1846 and raised by Colonel . In 1851 the four Sikh regiments and the Corps of Guides became part of the Punjab Irregular Force, men of the regiments of which (or their successors) are to this day known as ''Piffers''. The four Sikh regiments went through a number of minor name changes over the next 45 or so years. In 1857 they became "Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force". In 1865 "Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force". In 1901 they became "Sikh Infantry". In 1876 the Corps of Guides became one of the first regiments in the Indian Army to be conferred royal status as Queen Victoria's Own Corps Of Guides (Frontier Force) . In the 1903 reorganisation of the British Indian Army the four Sikh regiments were re-designated the 51st, 52nd, 53rd and 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) whilst the Corps of Guides infantry became Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) Infantry and was re-named again in 1911 as Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) Lumsden's Infantry. In the 1922 reorganisation of the British Indian Army the four Sikh regiments became the first four battalions of the newly-constituted 12th Frontier Force Regiment whilst the infantry element of the Corps of Guides became its 5th and 10th (training) battalions. At the same time the first battalion became the 1st battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Sikhs) whilst the 3rd battalion was made the 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs) in 1935. In 1945 the regiment was renamed the Frontier Force Regiment and on independence and the Partition Of India it was allocated to Pakistan . In 1957 the Frontier Force Rifles and The Pathan Regiment (which had been formed after independence from the 4th battalion Frontier Force Regiment and the 4th and 15th battalions Frontier Force Rifles) were amalgamated with it to form a new Frontier Force Regiment . EXTERNAL LINKS
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