The 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) was an artillery unit of the British Indian Army.

The Peshawar Battery saw extensive service on the Frontier and took part in numerous operations including the Umbeyla Campaign of 1863 and the Second Afghan War of 1878-80.

[1][2] During the First World War, 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery fought with distinction in the Mesopotamian Campaign, where it took part in the capture of Basra and the Battle of Shaiba.

In 1916, it was engaged on the Tigris Front, as the British made desperate efforts to raise the Siege of Kut al Amara; fighting in the Battles of Sheikh Sa'ad, the Wadi, Hanna and Dujaila Redoubt.

During the Second World War, it fought in the Burma Campaign and then served in Malaya and French Indochina in 1946.