Sub-units of the Frontier Force Regiment explained

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. The PIF consisted of five regiments of cavalry, eleven regiments of infantry and five batteries of artillery besides the Corps of Guides. Their mission was to maintain order on the Punjab Frontier. Most of them were allotted to Pakistan at the time of the independence of Pakistan. Only the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), and the 2nd Derajat and 4th (Hazara) Mountain Batteries went to India. The present Piffers include the Frontier Force Regiment, seven armoured regiments and The First (SP) Medium Regiment Artillery of Pakistan Army.

Frontier Force Regiment Battalions

Since formation in 1956, the battalions have been known officially by their ordinal number followed by the legend "FF". However, since many of the original fifteen battalions were from prior regiments, they were raised under different names, which are indicated. In some cases the battalion may be better known by the original name or nickname. 2 FF for instance is known better as "Guides Infantry" after the fact it was drawn from the infantry component of the Corps of Guides when that unit was disbanded. 11 FF was “1 Pathan” and members of 15 FF, still call their battalion, "2 Pathan" which was the designation the battalion had as a unit of the Pathan Regiment.

PIFFER Units
UnitRaised AsRaising DayPlace of RaisingRaised byMotto
1 FF (Garbar Unath)(MIB)[1] Scinde Camel CorpsDecember 1, 1843KarachiLt Robert Fitz GeraldReady Aye Ready
2 FF(MIB) Corps of GuidesDecember 14, 1846MardanLt Harry Burnett LumsdenRough & Ready
3 FF (MIB)1st Regiment of Infantry, the Frontier Brigade /
1st Sikh Local Infantry		December 10, 1846HoshiarpurCapt J S HodgsonEkwanja
4 FF(MIB)2nd Regiment of Infantry, the Frontier Brigade /
2nd (Hill Regiment) Sikh Local Infantry		December 22, 1846KangraCapt James William StephenTunpur Bawanja
5 FF3rd Regiment of Infantry, the Frontier Brigade /
3rd Sikh Local Infantry		January 1, 1847FerozpurCapt F WinterTirwanja
6 FF4th Regiment of Infantry, the Frontier Brigade /
4th Sikh Local Infantry		December 14, 1846LudhianaCapt Colin MackenzieShabbir's Battalion, Chor Charwanja
7 FF(MIB)1st Punjab Infantry (Coke Paltan)May 18, 1849PeshawarCapt John CokeChattak Pachwanja
8 FF (Bhaiband)(MIB)2nd Punjab Infantry, 56 Frontier Force Rifles, 2/13 Frontier Force Rifles. (Johnston Ki Paltan)April 2, 1849MianwaliLt J. C. JohnstonBhaiband Chhewanjah
9 FF(MIB)[2] 4th Punjab Infantry (Denniss Ki Paltan)April 19, 1849LahoreCapt George Gladwin Denniss[3] Barhe Challo, Sust Satwanja
10 FF (Dastoori 58)(MIB)5th Punjab Infantry (Vaughan Ki Paltan)March 1, 1849LayyahCapt James Eardley Gastrell[4] Fattah Ya Shahadat
11 FF (MIB)[5] [6] 11th Territorial Bn 12th Frontier Force RegimentMarch 11, 1922NowsheraSir John Loader MeffayFast & Furious
12 FF[7] 11th Territorial Bn 13th Frontier Force RiflesMarch 12, 1922CampbellporeLt Sher MuhammadWarriors
13 FF(MIB)8th Bn 12th Frontier Force RegimentApril 1, 1941BareillyLt Col J. E. Redding
14 FF(MIB)[8] 9th Bn 12th Frontier Force RegimentApril 1, 1941JhansiLt Col J. A. BloodNAUBARA
15 FF(MIB)[9] 14th Bn 13th Frontier Force RiflesApril 1, 1941JhansiLt Col A. Felix WilliamsFighting Fifteen
16 FF[10] 16th Bn Frontier Force RegimentSeptember 12, 1965AbbottabadLt Lt Col Qazi Abdul Majid Khan
17 FF17th Bn Frontier Force RegimentSeptember 12, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Iftikhar Ahmed RanaAik Saath
18 FF18th Bn Frontier Force Regiment September 19, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Ghous Muhammad MalikOld and Bold
19 FF19th Bn Frontier Force RegimentSeptember 26, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Muhammad Ayub AfridiPIFFER Tigers
20 FF(MIB)20th Bn Frontier Force RegimentOctober 1, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Anwar ul HaqTayyar Har Dam Tayyar
21 FF[11] [12] 21st Bn Frontier Force RegimentOctober 1, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Nur ul HaqKhail Ullah's
22 FF[13] 22nd Bn Frontier Force RegimentOctober 23, 1965ShinkiariLt Col Tariq Muhammad MirJanbaz
23 FF23rd Bn Frontier Force RegimentOctober 25, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Mir Ijaz Mehmood (SJ)Jarrar
24 FF24th Bn Frontier Force RegimentNovember 22, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Muhammad Akbar KhanAl Badar
25 FF[14] 25th Bn Frontier Force RegimentNovember 22, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Muhammad Safdar IqbalLajawab
26 FF(MIB)26th Bn Frontier Force RegimentNovember 22, 1965AbbottabadLt Col Abdullah SaeedKhaara Shagaaf
27 FF27th Bn Frontier Force RegimentJanuary 22, 1966AbbottabadLt Col Luqman Mehmood
28 FF28th Bn Frontier Force RegimentFebruary 23, 1966AbbottabadLt Col Hayat UllahGod and Our Bayonets
29 FF(MIB)29th Bn Frontier Force RegimentNovember 30, 1966AbbottabadLt Col Ghulam HussainZARB-E-HADEED
30 FF(MIB)30th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 10, 1969AbbottabadMajor Abdul Shakoor Jan (SJ)Dhulloi Tigers
31 FF[15] 31st Bn Frontier Force RegimentOctober 15, 1970LahoreLt Col Jahan GulKarrar
32 FF32nd Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 1, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Rahmatullah KhanAl Jannisar
33 FF33rd Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 8, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Feroz Alam KhanChhamb Battalion
34 FF[16] 34th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 1, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Khalid Manzoor KhanRaiders
35 FF[17] 35th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 19, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Muhammad Akram Raja (HJ)Charging Bulls
36 FF(MIB)36th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 19, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Murad Khan NayyarVolunteers
37 FF37th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 10, 1971AbbottabadLt Col C. K. ShinwariAl Barq
38 FF38th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 28, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Saeed Ullah KhanSangi
39 FF[18] 39th Bn Frontier Force RegimentOctober 11, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Ijaz AhmedFit & Fine
40 FF[19] 40th Bn Frontier Force RegimentOctober 11, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Imran Ullah Khanshooter's
41 FF[20] [21] 41st Bn Frontier Force RegimentDecember 6, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Muhammad AkramZarb-e-Haider
42 FF[22] 42nd Bn Frontier Force RegimentDecember 7, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Muhammad IqbalZulfikaar
43 FF[23] 43rd Bn Frontier Force RegimentDecember 9, 1971AbbottabadLt Col Muhammad AjmalAllah Hoo
44 FF44th Bn Frontier Force RegimentMarch 1, 1972KarachiLt Col Z. S. UsmaniFighting Four
45 FF45th Bn Frontier Force RegimentFebruary 15, 1983HavelianLt Col Muhammad MohsinSaf Shikan
46 FF46th Bn Frontier Force RegimentSeptember 1, 1983AbbottabadLt Col Khan Adeeb Ahmed UmarzaiSher-E-Yazdan
47 FF[24] 47th Bn Frontier Force RegimentMarch 9, 1985HavelianLt Col Javed Iqbal KhanJeedar
48 FF48th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 11, 1985AbbottabadLt Col Muhammad Arif BangashPaish Rau
49 FF[25] 49th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 9, 1988KohatLt Col Abdul Rashid MalikFarz Shanas
63 FF(MIB)[26] 53rd Bn Frontier Force RegimentJanuary 10, 1991AbbottabadLt Col Hikmatullah Khan KhattakTRAITH TARWANJA - SHAIR KA PANJA
64 FF (Churanja Chaunth)54th Bn Frontier Force RegimentApril 2, 1994QuettaLt Col Rashid Ali Bangash"ZABARDAST"
65 FF[27] 55th Bn Frontier Force RegimentMarch 30, 1994MalakandLt Col Inayat Ullah Khan NiaziTaza Dam
66 FF66th Bn Frontier ForceRegiment 2015Abbottabad Audacious "One Bullet One Foe "
67 FF(MIB)67th BnFrontier ForceRegiment 2015KarachiMuktasar
68 FF (MIB)68th BnFrontier ForceRegiment
69 FF69th BnFrontier ForceRegiment
70 FF 70th BnFrontier ForceRegiment

Affiliated units

These units are separate from but linked to the Frontier Force Regiment.

UnitRaising DayPlace of RaisingRaised byMotto
Guides CavalryDecember 14, 1846PeshawarLt H. B. Lumsden
11 Cavalry (FF)May 18, 1849PeshawarLt H. D. Daly
12 Cavalry (FF)April 15, 1849LahoreLt S. J. Browne
23 Cavalry (FF)June 4, 1962KharianLt Col Ghulam Muhammad Khan
24 Cavalry (FF)June 7, 1962LahoreLt Col Muhammad Afzal KhanCharging 24
25 Cavalry (FF)June 9, 1962KharianLt Col Nisar Ahmad KhanMen of Steel
41 Horse (FF)October 24, 1982KharianLt Col Zia ul Ghaffar
The First (SP) Medium Regiment, Artillery (FF)April 10, 1826Peshawar/BannuCapt Brougham / Lt HammondPur Azam Ba Waqar
9 Light Commando Battalion (FF)

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. Notifications issued by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Defence Production . 492 . Government of Pakistan . 9 September 2020 . 12 December 2022.
  3. Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919, p.1251; Correspondence of Lt.Col. G.G.Denniss(1821–1862), 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, Ed. P.Chantler, South Molton, Devon, UK, 2010.
  4. 13th Native Bengal Infantry Regiment, Lt.Col. by 1865. Applied for cadetship in EIC Armies 1833/4
  5. Web site: Spirits Rekindled – Joint Staff Pakistan Day Parade - 2015 . Tariq . Sardar Muhammad . Asif Jehangir . Raja . Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine . 9 December 2022.
  6. Web site: Untold tales from the battlefront . Captain Asfandyar Bokhari of the 11 Frontier Force Regiment . Naveed . Hussain . . 11 December 2022.
  7. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . Government of Pakistan . 26 February 2020 . 12 December 2022.
  8. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 152 . Government of Pakistan . 1 April 2020 . 16 December 2022.
  9. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 21 . Government of Pakistan . 27 January 2021 . 13 December 2022.
  10. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 419 . Government of Pakistan . 11 August 2021 . 15 December 2022.
  11. Web site: In the news: Pakistan: India's Modi greets PM on Pakistan Day . Pakistan & Gulf Economist . . 27 March 2017.
  12. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III. . Government of Pakistan . 10 March 2021 . 12 December 2022.
  13. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 108 . Government of Pakistan . 21 April 2021 . 16 December 2022.
  14. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 586 . Government of Pakistan . 25 November 2020 . 16 December 2022.
  15. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 113 . Government of Pakistan . 5 February 2020 . 11 December 2022.
  16. Web site: Spirits Rekindled – Joint Staff Pakistan Day Parade - 2015 . Tariq . Sardar Muhammad . Asif Jehangir . Raja . Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine . 9 December 2022.
  17. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 192 . Government of Pakistan . 19 May 2021 . 12 December 2022.
  18. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 201 . Government of Pakistan . 3 June 2020 . 16 December 2022.
  19. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 550 . Government of Pakistan . 14 October 2020 . 16 December 2022.
  20. Web site: Long Live Pakistan: Joint Services Pakistan Day Parade 23rd March 2019 . Iqbal . M. Javed . Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine . 9 December 2022.
  21. Web site: Untold tales from the battlefront . temporarily attached with 41 Frontier Force Regiment . Naveed . Hussain . . 11 December 2022.
  22. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 111 . Government of Pakistan . 28 April 2021 . 16 December 2022.
  23. Book: Arshad Qureshi, Hakeem. The 1971 Indo-Pak War: A Soldier's Narrative. 2002. Oxford University Press. USA. 978-0195797787. 262.
  24. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 1 . Government of Pakistan . 1 January 2020 . 16 December 2022.
  25. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 505 . Government of Pakistan . 23 September 2020 . 16 December 2022.
  26. Web site: Memories of Sacrifices of a Few; and Many! . Aslam . Mahmood . Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine . 9 December 2022.
  27. Web site: The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. . 98 . Government of Pakistan . 7 April 2021 . 16 December 2022.

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