Guides Infantry
| 2nd Battalion (Guides) The Frontier Force Regiment | |
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| Active | 1846 - Present |
| Country |
 British India Pakistan
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| Branch | Army |
| Type | Mechanized Infantry |
| Size | 1 Battalion |
| Nickname(s) | Guides Paltan |
| Motto(s) | Rough & Ready |
| Uniform | Drab; faced red |
| March | Advance Khaki |
| Mascot(s) | CG |
| Anniversaries | 14 December |
| Engagements |
North West Frontier of India Second Sikh War 1848-49 India Mutiny 1857-58 Second Afghan War 1878-80 First World War 1914-18 Third Afghan War 1919 Second World War 1939-45 Kashmir War 1948 Indo-Pakistan War 1965 Indo-Pakistan War 1971 |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel of the Regiment |
Colonel Sardar Naeem Durrani |
| Notable commanders |
Lt Gen Sir Harry Lumsden, KCSI, CB Gen Sir Sam Browne, VC, GCB, KCSI Gen Sir Henry Daly, GCB, CIE Gen M Iqbal Khan, NI (M), SBt Lt Gen Mumtaz Gul, HI(M) Lt Gen Sabahat Husain, HI(M) Maj Gen Sardar Hassan Hayat |
The Guides Infantry, or 2nd Battalion (Guides) The Frontier Force Regiment, is an infantry battalion of the Pakistan Army. It was raised in 1846 as part of the famous Corps of Guides.
The Corps of Guides was raised at Peshawar on 14 December 1846 by Lieutenant Harry Burnett Lumsden on the orders of Sir Henry Lawrence, the British Resident at Lahore, capital of the Sikh Empire. Initially composed of a troop of cavalry and two companies of infantry mounted on camels, the Guides were organized as a highly mobile force. The corps was ordered to recruit
Although the corps recruited men from all over the country and even beyond the Frontier of India, Pathans, Punjabi Muslims, Sikhs and Dogras later formed the bulk of their manpower.
Harry Lumsden was chosen to train and lead the force:
Lumsden left a lasting imprint on the Guides, who first fought in numerous frontier operations. Believing that fighting troops were for service and not for show, Lumsden introduced loose and comfortable dust-coloured uniforms for the first time, which would soon become famous as "khaki" and within decades would be adopted by the British Army for service in India. In 1851, the Guides established themselves at Mardan, which would remain their home until 1938.
In 1851, the Corps of Guides became part of the Punjab Irregular Force, which later became famous as the Punjab Frontier Force or Piffers. The Piffers 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; a task they performed efficiently during the next fifty years.
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