Guides Cavalry

Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
Active1846 - Present
CountryBritish Raj British India
Pakistan Pakistan
Branch British Indian Army
 Pakistan Army
TypeArmoured Regiment
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)The Guides
Motto(s)Rough & Ready
UniformDrab; faced red
March"Cavalry Brigade"
EngagementsNorth West Frontier of India
Second Sikh War 1848-49
Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Second Afghan War 1878-80
First World War 1914-18
Second World War 1939-45
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lt Gen Sir Harry Lumsden, KCSI, CB
Gen Sir Sam Browne, VC, GCB, KCSI
Gen Sir Henry Daly, GCB, CIE
Gen Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Maj Gen Syed Wajahat Husain
Brig Amir Gulistan Janjua
General Muhammad Yusaf Khan
Lt. Gen. Fazle Haq
Brig. Kazim Mustehsan SI(M)
Lt. Gen Gul Hassan Khan

The Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army which was raised in 1846 as The Corps of Guides. During more than a hundred and fifty years of military service, the regiment has earned the reputation of one of the most renowned military units in the world.