Shoulder title, Frontier Force Regiment, 1945-1947

Blackened brass badge, with regimental title, 'FF' over curved 'Regiment'.

The 12th Frontier Force Regiment was formed in 1922 drawing on elements of the Punjab Irregular Force. It comprised of four regular battalions drawn from Sikh regiments and a fifth regular battalion and a 10th (training) battalion formed from the two infantry battalions of the Corps of Guides. Further battalions were raised during World War Two (1939-1945). In 1945 the unit was renamed the Frontier Force Regiment.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.