24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
The 24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) was an artillery battery of the British Indian Army. Formation The battery was raised in 1851, at Haripur in order to help defend the Hazara District of the North West Frontier. Name changes The battery has gone through many name changes - Hazara Mountain Train In 1856, Hazara Mountain Train Battery, Punjab Irregular Force In 1865, Hazara Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force In 1876, No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force In 1901, Hazara Mountain Battery In 1903, 24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) In 1920, 24th Hazara Pack Battery (Frontier Force) In 1921, 104th (Hazara) Pack Battery (Frontier Force) In 1927, 4th (Hazara) Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) In 1932, 4th (Hazara) Mountain Battery, R.A., F.F. History The 4th soon saw action in numerous small campaigns on the North West Frontier. In 1878, the 4th took part in the Second Afghan War at the Battle of Ali Masjid. It later took part in the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in Kabul, where it remained as part of the garrison when the rest of the force marched on Kandahar. In 1885, the Battery took part in the Second Burmese War. It was at