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[[Category:Bengal Army]][[Category:Regiments]][[Category:Punjab Frontier Force]]== The Guides ==The object of this corpsthe '''Corps of Guides''', composed of horse cavalry and foot soldiers, was to provide trustworthy men to act as guides to troops in the field, and also to collect intelligence beyond as well as within the North-West Frontier of India. The regiment was located at Mardan on the Peshawar border and became one of the most famous in the Indian army. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Burnett_Lumsden Wikipedia]
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== Chronology ==
*'''1846''' raised as The Corps of Guides by Lieut Harry Lumsden
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
*'''1947''' Cavalry became Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) and Infantry became 5th Bn (Guides) The Frontier Force Regiment
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_Guides_(British_India) Corps of Guides] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/corpsofguides/corpsofguides.htm Queen's Own Corps of Guides (Punjab Frontier Force)] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Burnett_Lumsden Harry Lumsden] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Queen_Victoria%27s_Own_Corps_Of_Guides_Cavalry_(Frontier_Force) Guides Cavalry] Wikipedia
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