CORPS OF GUIDES (BRITISH INDIA)

'The Corps of Guides' was a regiment of the British Indian Army.
The brainchild of Sir Henry Lawrence, the Corps was raised in Peshawar by Lt. Harry Lumsden in December 1846, and initially comprised one troop of cavalry and two companies of infantry.
Throughout its history the Corps was reorganized and renamed. It was known variously as:

★ The Corps of Guides (1846)

★ The Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force (1857)

★ Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force (1865)

★ Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force (1876)

★ Queen's Own Corps of Guides (1901)

★ Queen's Own Corps of Guides (Lumsden's) (1904)

★ Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) (1911).
In 1914 the cavalry and infantry components were split and the cavalry became successively:

★ Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) Cavalry (1914)

★ 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) (1922)

★ The Guides Cavalry (10th Queen Victoria's Own Frontier Force) (1927)
and the infantry:

★ Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) Infantry (1914)

★ 5th Bn (QVO Corps of Guides) 12th Frontier Force Regiment (1922)