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{{distinguish|Guides Regiment|Corps of Guides (disambiguation){{!}}Corps of Guides}} | {{distinguish|Guides Regiment|Corps of Guides (disambiguation){{!}}Corps of Guides}} | ||
{{Use Pakistani English|date=January | {{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2014}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=January | {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} | ||
{{Infobox military unit | {{Infobox military unit | ||
| unit_name=2nd Battalion (Guides) The Frontier Force Regiment | | unit_name=2nd Battalion (Guides) The Frontier Force Regiment | ||
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:''The moral effect of the arrival of the Guides in Delhi was perhaps in some measure greater even than the actual fighting strength thus brought into line. The fame of the march from the far distant frontier, the fine physique and martial bearing of soldiers drawn from warlike tribes new to the eyes of their British comrades, ... all tended to give the approach of the travel-stained Guides a high significance.'' An eyewitness recorded: ''They came in as firm and light as if they had marched but a single mile.''<ref name="Younghusband 1908"/> | :''The moral effect of the arrival of the Guides in Delhi was perhaps in some measure greater even than the actual fighting strength thus brought into line. The fame of the march from the far distant frontier, the fine physique and martial bearing of soldiers drawn from warlike tribes new to the eyes of their British comrades, ... all tended to give the approach of the travel-stained Guides a high significance.'' An eyewitness recorded: ''They came in as firm and light as if they had marched but a single mile.''<ref name="Younghusband 1908"/> | ||
The Guides went into action the same day and by evening, all of their officers were killed or wounded. {{Citation needed|date=July | The Guides went into action the same day and by evening, all of their officers were killed or wounded. {{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} They continued to fight gallantly throughout the summer and took part in the [[Siege of Delhi|final assault and capture of Delhi]]. By the time they returned home, they had suffered 350 casualties out of the 600 men who had set out in May.<ref name="Younghusband 1908"/> For their gallant conduct at Delhi, they were awarded the distinction of red piping on their tunic collars; an honour shared with the [[60th Foot]] and the [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)|Sirmoor Rifles]], who fought alongside them at Delhi.<ref name="Hayauddin 1950"/><ref name="Khan 1996"/> | ||
===Second Afghan War 1878-80=== | ===Second Afghan War 1878-80=== | ||
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==={{anchor|Indo-Pakistan War 1971}}Indo-Pakistani War of 1971=== | ==={{anchor|Indo-Pakistan War 1971}}Indo-Pakistani War of 1971=== | ||
{{unreferenced section|date=June | {{unreferenced section|date=June 2014}} | ||
On 3 October 1971 during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|war]], the battalion was deployed to the [[Chakothi]] area to defend the Sirinager-to-[[Muzaffarabad]] road in the Uri section. C Company was sent to defend the Lipa valley, joined by elements of the Tochi Scouts. Lipa was defended under second-in-command Abdul Hamid Afridi. On 8 November, Indian forces attacked two patrols of C Company at Shisha Ladi with the intent of capturing the Lipa valley. The final attack was repulsed at 04:15. At 08:00 the second attack began with heavy artillery fire, incurring many casualties by 10:30. Major Aziz Ahmed, Samandar Shah and three ''[[Private (rank)#India and Pakistan|jawans]]'' held Shahadat. Members of the battalion received a [[Sitara-e-Jurat]], a [[Tamgha-i-Jurat]] and an [[Imtiazi Sanad]]. (This entire description needs re-visiting. 2 FF was deployed in Chakothi sector, with battalion HQ at Chakothi, a company deployed on Sugna-Ziarat ridge, A company at Parat and another company which repulsed the Indian infiltration of Ziarat ridge under the command of Captain Gulzar Ahmed Wazir. The fourth company under Major Aziz Ahmed was detached to Lipa Valley where it fought a glorious action on Shisha Ladi ridge, "R" battery of 25 Composite Mountain Regiment (Artillery) was in support. It was commanded by Lt Col Abdul Hameed Khan in 1971.) | On 3 October 1971 during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|war]], the battalion was deployed to the [[Chakothi]] area to defend the Sirinager-to-[[Muzaffarabad]] road in the Uri section. C Company was sent to defend the Lipa valley, joined by elements of the Tochi Scouts. Lipa was defended under second-in-command Abdul Hamid Afridi. On 8 November, Indian forces attacked two patrols of C Company at Shisha Ladi with the intent of capturing the Lipa valley. The final attack was repulsed at 04:15. At 08:00 the second attack began with heavy artillery fire, incurring many casualties by 10:30. Major Aziz Ahmed, Samandar Shah and three ''[[Private (rank)#India and Pakistan|jawans]]'' held Shahadat. Members of the battalion received a [[Sitara-e-Jurat]], a [[Tamgha-i-Jurat]] and an [[Imtiazi Sanad]]. (This entire description needs re-visiting. 2 FF was deployed in Chakothi sector, with battalion HQ at Chakothi, a company deployed on Sugna-Ziarat ridge, A company at Parat and another company which repulsed the Indian infiltration of Ziarat ridge under the command of Captain Gulzar Ahmed Wazir. The fourth company under Major Aziz Ahmed was detached to Lipa Valley where it fought a glorious action on Shisha Ladi ridge, "R" battery of 25 Composite Mountain Regiment (Artillery) was in support. It was commanded by Lt Col Abdul Hameed Khan in 1971.) | ||