Frontier Corps

The following structure of the Frontier Corps applied in 1921

These units were not “regiments” of the Indian Army, rather they were armed para-military units paid for by the civil purse and under the control of the local Political Agent. Officers were seconded from the Indian Army.

• Kurram Militia
• North Waziristan Militia later replaced by the Tochi Scouts
• South Waziristan Militia later replaced by South Waziristan Scouts
• Mohmand Militia . In 1922 merged into the Frontier Constabulary
• Chitral Scouts
• Zhob Militia
• Mekran Levy Corps
• Gilgit Scouts

The Khyber Rifles was a similar type of unit which had been disbanded in 1919.

External links

• "Guardians of the Frontier" KPK Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2015
• Frontier Corps page 57 The Indian Army 1914-1947 by Ian Sumner Google Books
• Page 313 A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1 by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books
• The Transfrontier Corps page 144 Edge of Empire‬: ‪The British Political Officer and Tribal Administration on the North-West Frontier, 1877-1947‬ by ‪Christian Tripodi Google Books
• References to the Kurram Militia: page 58 ‪Nothing But!‬: ‪Book Two: The Long Road To Freedom‬ by‬ ‪Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya Google Books
• Watercolour: Subadar of the Kurram Militia c 1908 National Army Museum