page_title: 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
section_title: 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
hierarchical_section_title: 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) / 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
caption_attribution_description: English: 52nd Sikh-Regiment Kohat,-Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa-province,-Pakistan-1905-2
context_page_description: The 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1846 as the 2nd Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 4th Battalion The Frontier Force Regiment.
context_section_description: Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903, the regiment's designation was changed to 52nd  Sikhs (Frontier Force). In 1914, the regiment's class composition was three companies of Dogras, two each of Pathans and Sikhs, and one of Punjabi Muslims. During First World War, the regiment joined the 18th Indian Division in Mesopotamia in 1917 and fought in the Battle of Sharqat. It moved to Kurdistan in 1919 and took part in suppressing the Iraqi Revolt of 1920.
caption: With regimental flags, Kohat, 1905.
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