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==Buner Field Force==
==Buner Field Force==
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG''<br>1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt<br>16th Bengal Infantry<br>20th Punjab Infantry<br>31st Punjab Infantry<br>
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG''
*1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt<br>(see [[50th Regiment of Foot]])
*16th Bengal Infantry
*20th Punjab Infantry
*31st Punjab Infantry<br>


'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB''<br>1st Batt East Kent Regt<br>21st Punjab Infantry<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB''<br>1st Batt East Kent Regt<br>21st Punjab Infantry<br>

Revision as of 14:40, 6 April 2009

Buner Field Expedition
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 2-19 January 1898
Location: Buner, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.622739°N 72.671880°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Bunerwals
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir Bindon Blood
Strength
8,800 troops
Casualties
0 killed
1 wounded
Buner 1909

Buner Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG

  • 1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt
    (see 50th Regiment of Foot)
  • 16th Bengal Infantry
  • 20th Punjab Infantry
  • 31st Punjab Infantry

Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB
1st Batt East Kent Regt
21st Punjab Infantry

Divisional Troops
10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No 8 Bengal Mountain Battery
No 4 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners
No 5 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners
2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry
3rd Bombay Light Infantry
2.5 British Field Hospitals
4 Native Field Hospitals

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
New York Times article