23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) | |
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Active | 1853 - Present |
Country | British India (1853 - 1947) Pakistan (1947 - Present) |
Branch | British Indian Army Pakistan Army |
Type | Artillery |
Size | Battery |
Uniform | Blue; faced scarlet |
Engagements | Umbeyla Campaign 1863 Lushai Expedition 1871-72 Second Afghan War 1878-80 First World War (Mesopotamia, Northwest Frontier, Baluchistan) 1914-18 Third Afghan War 1919 Second World War (Burma) 1939-45 Kashmir War 1948 Indo-Pakistan War 1965 Indo-Pakistan War 1971 |
The 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) was an artillery unit of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1853 as the Peshawar Mountain Train. It became the 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) in 1903. In 1947, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army, where it exists as the 3rd Peshawar Battery (Frontier Force) of The First (SP) Medium Regiment Artillery (Frontier Force).