52nd Sikhs ( Frontier Force ) 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 ( Sikhs ) 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 . Early History . The regiment was raised on 22 December 1846 at Kangra as the 2nd Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade by Major JWV Stephen . It was composed mostly of Dogras , with some Pathans and Gurkhas , which prompted its title of ' Hill Corps ' . In 1847 , it was designated 2nd ( or Hill ) Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry , becoming the 2nd ( or Hill ) Regiment of Sikh Infantry in 1857 . In 1851 , the regiment became part of the Punjab Irregular Force , which later became famous as the Punjab Frontier Force or The 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 with great aplomb . The 2nd Sikh Infantry took part in numerous frontier operations besides the Second Sikh War of 1848 - 49 and the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857 - 58 , when it served in Hazara and Murree Hills . During the Second Afghan War of 1878 - 80 , the regiment fought in the Battles of Ahmad Khel and Kandahar . In 1902 , it went to British Somaliland to suppress the resistance movement led by the Somali religious leader Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan of the Dervish State . 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 . Subsequent History . After the First World War , the 52nd Sikhs were grouped with the 51st , 53rd and 54th Sikhs , and the two battalions of Guides Infantry to form the 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922 . The 52nd Sikhs became 2nd Battlaion ( Sikhs ) of the new regiment . During the Second World War , 2 FF fought with distinction in the Malayan Campaign , where its Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Edward Cumming , was awarded the Victoria Cross for outstanding valour . The battalion was captured by the Japanese after the British surrender at Singapore in February 1942 . It was re - raised in 1946 . In 1947 , the Frontier Force Regiment was allotted to Pakistan Army . 2 FF was back in action in 1948 , when it fought in the Kashmir War against India . In 1956 , the Frontier Force Rifles and the Pathan Regiment were merged with the Frontier Force Regiment , and 2 FF was redesignated as 4 FF . During the Indo - Pakistan War of 1965 , the battalion fought in the Sialkot Sector , while during the Indo - Pakistan War of 1971 , it fought with great courage in the Battle of Hilli in East Pakistan . For exceptional valour , Major Muhammad Akram was awarded the Nishan - i - Haider , Pakistan ' s highest gallantry award .