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Frontier Garrison Artillery
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Closely associated with the Mountain Batteries, being formed of veterans from these batteries ”past their prime on the hillside” [1]
Chronology
- 1851 raised as the Garrison Company, Punjab Irregular Force at Bannu by Lt S W Stokes from remnants of a Sikh detachment of artillery which had been broken up
- 1876 became the Frontier Garrison Artillery
Service
- 1919 took part in the 3rd Afghan War[2]
References
- ↑ Pages 181-182 The Armies of India described by Major G F MacMunn (Painted by Major Lovett) 1911 Archive.org
- ↑ Third Afghan War - 1919 25thlondon.com