23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
Active1853 - Present
CountryUnited Kingdom British India (1853 - 1947)
Pakistan Pakistan (1947 - Present)
BranchBritish Raj British Indian Army
 Pakistan Army
TypeArtillery
SizeBattery
UniformBlue; faced scarlet
EngagementsUmbeyla 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).