13th Frontier Force Rifles The 13th Frontier Force Rifles was part of the British Indian Army , and after 1947 , Pakistan Army . It was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions . History . The 13th Frontier Force Rifles ' origins lie in the five regiments of infantry raised in 1849 by Colonel Henry Lawrence , the agent ( and brother ) of the Governor - General of the Punjab frontier region ( John Lawrence , 1st Baron Lawrence ) from veterans of disbanded opposition forces after the Second Anglo - Sikh War . The regiments were named the 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th and 5th Punjab Infantry Regiments and became part of the Transfrontier Brigade ( renamed in 1851 the Punjab Irregular Force , known as " Piffers " ) . A sixth regiment was added in 1865 on re - designation of the Scinde Rifle Corps , which had originally been raised as the Scinde Camel Corps in 1843 . In 1882 the 3rd Punjab Infantry Regiment was disbanded . In the 1903 Kitchener reorganisation of the Indian Army the regiments were redesignated and were afforded the status of Rifle Regiments : In In the 1922 reorganisation of the British Indian Army the five regiments became the five regular battalions of the newly formed 13th Frontier Force Rifles . The battalion numbering omitted a 3rd battalion so that the numbering reflected that of the original antecedent Punjab Infantry Regiments . In 1945 the regiment was renamed The Frontier Force Rifles when all the regiments of the British Indian Army dropped their prenomial numbers . On independence and the partition of India the regiment was allocated to Pakistan . In 1956 , The Frontier Force Rifles , The Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment were amalgamated to form the new Frontier Force Regiment . Battle Honours . Delhi 1857 , Lucknow , Peiwar Kotal , Charasiah , Kabul 1879 , Afghanistan 1878 - 80 , Tirah , Punjab Frontier , China 1900 , La Bassée 1914 , Messines 1914 , Armentières 1914 , Festubert 1914 , Givenchy 1914 , Neuve Chapelle , Ypres 1915 , St . Julien , Aubers , Festubert 1915 , Loos , France and Flanders 1914 - 15 , Suez Canal , Egypt 1915 - 17 , Gaza , El Mughar , Nebi Samwil , Jerusalem , Megiddo , Sharon , Palestine 1917 - 18 , Tigris 1916 , Kut al Amara 1917 , Baghdad , Mesopotamia 1916 - 18 , Persia 1918 - 19 , Aden , East Africa 1916 - 18 , NW Frontier India 1917 , Baluchistan 1918 , Afghanistan 1919 , Gash Delta , Barentu , Keren , Ad Teclesan , Amba Alagi , Abyssinia 1940 - 41 , Deir ez Zor , Raqaa , Syria 1941 , Gazala , Sidi Rezegh 1942 , Gambut , Mersa Matruh , North Africa 1940 - 43 , The Trigno , Tufillo , The Sangro , Impossible Bridge , Villa Grande , Cassino II , Gustav Line , Pignataro , Advance to Florence , Gothic Line , Monte Grande , The Senio , Bologna , Monte Sole , Italy 1943 - 45 , North Malaya , Kota Bharu , Johore , Gemas , The Muar , Singapore Island , Malaya 1941 - 42 , Pegu 1942 , Taukkyan , Monywa 1942 , Shwegyin , North Arakan , Point 551 , Mayu Tunnels , Maungdaw , Ngakyedauk Pass , Imphal , Litan , Arakan Beaches , Myebon , Ramree , Mandalay , Myinmu , Meiktila , Nyaungu Bridgehead , Capture of Meiktila , Defence of Meiktila , Taungtha , Myingyan , The Irawaddy , Yenaungyaung 1945 , Magwe , Rangoon Road , Pegu 1945 , Sittang 1945 , Burma 1942 - 45 , Kashmir 1948 .