4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment

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infantry battalion military unit

The 4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment was a unit of the British Indian Army’s famed Frontier Force, known for its service on the North-West Frontier and in major 20th-century conflicts.

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Label Occurrences
4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment canonical 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry battalion ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance British Indian Army ⓘ
associatedWith British Indian Army ⓘ
surface form: British Empire military forces in India

Frontier warfare ⓘ
tribal operations on the North-West Frontier ⓘ
category British Indian Army infantry battalions ⓘ
conflict North-West Frontier campaigns ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition mixed-class Indian troops under British officers ⓘ
garrison North-West Frontier region ⓘ
surface form: North-West Frontier
higherCommand British Indian Army ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
militaryRole line infantry ⓘ
notableFor participation in major 20th-century conflicts ⓘ
service on the North-West Frontier of India ⓘ
partOf Frontier Force Regiment ⓘ
surface form: 12th Frontier Force Regiment

Frontier Force Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Frontier Force
primaryTheatre North-West Frontier region ⓘ
surface form: North-West Frontier of India
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
serviceBranch British Indian Army ⓘ
surface form: Indian Army (British Indian Army)
subordinateTo regimental headquarters of 12th Frontier Force Regiment ⓘ
tradition Frontier Force regimental traditions ⓘ
type regular army unit ⓘ

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Subject: 4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment
Description of subject: The 4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment was a unit of the British Indian Army’s famed Frontier Force, known for its service on the North-West Frontier and in major 20th-century conflicts.

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sam Manekshaw (as a junior officer in World War II) → commissionedInto → 4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw