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== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0  
''Campaigns of the North-West Frontier'' by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0  
<br> The 1912 edition is available online, refer below.
 


== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170629213546/http://www.asc-centralasia.edu.pk/Issue_64/06_Khyber_during_the_Frontier.html "Khyber during the Frontier Uprising of 1897: Lessons to Learn from the British Policy in the Tribal Areas"] by Dr Javed Iqbal '' Central Asia Journal'' No. 64 [c 2009?] University of Peshawar, now archived.<br>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170629213546/http://www.asc-centralasia.edu.pk/Issue_64/06_Khyber_during_the_Frontier.html "Khyber during the Frontier Uprising of 1897: Lessons to Learn from the British Policy in the Tribal Areas"] by Dr Javed Iqbal '' Central Asia Journal'' No. 64 [c 2009?] University of Peshawar, now archived.<br>
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india34_1.html The Tirah Campaign: Recollections of Surgeon Captain A.E. Masters] Queensroyalsurreys.org<br>
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india34_1.html The Tirah Campaign: Recollections of Surgeon Captain A.E. Masters] Queensroyalsurreys.org<br>
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=763 Tirah: photographic journalism] A photograph album from ''Black and White War Album: No. 3 The Tirah Campaign'' published 1899 “includes photography of war fighting, camps, mountain terrain, war dead, the [[75th Regiment of Foot| Gordon Highlanders]] in action, wounded soldiers and gun batteries” King’s College London Collections. This book is also available at the [[National Army Museum]], London<br>
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/tirah-photographic-journalism-part-1 Tirah: Photographic Journalism (Part 1)]. The first part of a photograph album published by Black and White Publishing in 1899.  “...includes photography of war fighting, camps, mountain terrain, war dead, the [[75th Regiment of Foot| Gordon Highlanders]] in action, wounded soldiers and gun batteries” King’s College London Collections. This book is also available at the [[National Army Museum]], London titled "Black and white war albums : No. 3 : the Tirah campaign", catalogue  No: 22336. Photographs by  Rene Bull.
*[http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19952/lot/304 Photographs: The Tirah Campaign] bonhams.com Click on the small picture to enlarge.
*[http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19952/lot/304 Photographs: The Tirah Campaign] bonhams.com Click on the small picture to enlarge.


==== Historical books online ====
==== Historical books online ====
*[http://www.archive.org/details/pathanrevoltinno00millrich ''The Pathan Revolt in North-West India''] by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/details/pathanrevoltinno00millrich ''The Pathan Revolt in North-West India''] by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028659575#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Campaign in Tirah 1897-98''] by Col H D Hutchinson 1898 Archive.org <br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028659575#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Campaign in Tirah 1897-98: An Account of the Expedition Against the Orakzais and Afridis under General Sir William Lockhart, GCB, KCSI''] by Col H D Hutchinson 1898 Archive.org <br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianfrontierwa00jameiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Indian Frontier War being an account of the Mohmund and Tirah expeditions, 1897''] by Lionel James 1898 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianfrontierwa00jameiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Indian Frontier War being an account of the Mohmund and Tirah expeditions, 1897''] by Lionel James 1898 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lockhartsadvanc00shadgoog#page/n10/mode/2up  ''Lockhart's advance through Tirah''] by Leonard Julius Shadwell 1898 Archive.org<br>
*[https://archive.org/details/lockhartsadvance00shad/page/n9/mode/2up  ''Lockhart's advance through Tirah''] by Leonard Julius Shadwell 1898 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284808 ''With The Peshawar Column, Tirah Expeditionary Force''] by Richard Gillham Thomsett, RAMC 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284808 ''With The Peshawar Column, Tirah Expeditionary Force''] by Richard Gillham Thomsett, RAMC 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/2ndbnderbyshirereg-tirah/page/n9/mode/2up ''The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in Tirah''] by Captain A K Slessor  1900 Archive.org. ''The Derbyshire Campaign Series No. 5''.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lieutenantcolone00yate#page/n7/mode/2up ''Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, commandant of the 36th Sikhs:a hero of Tirah. A memoir''] by Major A.C. Yate 1900 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lieutenantcolone00yate#page/n7/mode/2up ''Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, commandant of the 36th Sikhs:a hero of Tirah. A memoir''] by Major A.C. Yate 1900 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/232/mode/2up Tirah] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/232/mode/2up Tirah] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908 Archive.org<br>
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015017670491?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Tirah, 1897''] by Colonel C E Callwell 1911 Hathi Trust Digital Library. A book in the series ''Campaigns and their Lessons''.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015017670491?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Tirah, 1897''] by Colonel C E Callwell 1911 HathiTrust Digital Library. A book in the series ''Campaigns and their Lessons''. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284632/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier''] by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 Archive.org
*Tirah Campaign. [https://archive.org/details/khakigownautobio0000bird/page/76 Pages 77-89] ''Khaki and Gown : an Autobiography'' by Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood 1941. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*A short comment about the Tirah Campaign: [http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/108/mode/2up Page 108] ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org
*A short comment about the Tirah Campaign: [http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/108/mode/2up Page 108] ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic03unkngoog#page/n472/mode/1up "Report on the Surgical History of the Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-98"] by Lieutenant-Colonel HR Whitehead FRCS Eng, Royal Army Medical Corps, page 457 ''Army Medical Department Report for the Year 1897 Volume 39'' 1898 Archive.org. Includes comments on the "different kinds of rifles  and guns used by the enemy and the peculiar wounds caused by each variety"
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic03unkngoog#page/n472/mode/1up "Report on the Surgical History of the Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-98"] by Lieutenant-Colonel HR Whitehead FRCS Eng, Royal Army Medical Corps, page 457 ''Army Medical Department Report for the Year 1897 Volume 39'' 1898 Archive.org. Includes comments on the "different kinds of rifles  and guns used by the enemy and the peculiar wounds caused by each variety"

Latest revision as of 03:33, 29 June 2023

Tirah Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 10 June 1897-April 1898
Location: Tirah, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.798237°N 70.135386°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Afridi & Orakzai tribesmen
Commanders
Lt Gen Sir William Lockhart
Strength
British Officers 1,010
British Troops 10,882
Indian Troops 22,614
Total 34,506
Non-combatants 19,934
40-50,000
Casualties

The Tirah Campaign took place in 1897-98.

Campaign Actions

Battle of Samana Ridge Aug-Sept 1897
Battle of Dargai Heights Oct 1897

Tirah Field Force

FIRST DIVISION

Commander: Brig-Gen William Penn Symons
First Brigade
Col I.S.M.Hamilton CB DSO
Succeeded by Brig Gen R.Hart VC CB

Second Brigade
Commander: Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB

Divisional Troops

SECOND DIVISION

Commander: Maj-Gen A G Yeatman-Biggs
Third Brigade
Brig Gen F.J.Kempster DSO

Fourth Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO

Divisional Troops

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0
The 1912 edition is available online, refer below.


External links

Historical books online