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*[http://500px.com/photo/23071763 Frontier of India 1946] Captioned " Photo taken by my Grandfather, James Wilson, serving with the Royal Artillery in India during WW2". 500px.com. The same image has been posted on [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=594467377245011&set=a.560245220667227.130541.301806946511057&type=1&permPage=1 Archive150 on Facebook], with comments
*[http://500px.com/photo/23071763 Frontier of India 1946] Captioned " Photo taken by my Grandfather, James Wilson, serving with the Royal Artillery in India during WW2". 500px.com. The same image has been posted on [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=594467377245011&set=a.560245220667227.130541.301806946511057&type=1&permPage=1 Archive150 on Facebook], with comments
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ySdSjoQHQ Roving Report: North Western Frontier (2)] YouTube video, taken c 1960? in the vicinity of the Khyber Pass. Includes images of British regimental crests carved in the rock face.
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ySdSjoQHQ Roving Report: North Western Frontier (2)] YouTube video, taken c 1960? in the vicinity of the Khyber Pass. Includes images of British regimental crests carved in the rock face.
*[http://www.25thlondon.com/vcalbum/vc2.html 2007 photograph of regimental plaques, Khyber Pass] by Valerie Cliff www.25thlondon.com
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2006-09/1158835365 post] mentions visiting the Khyber Pass area as a child c 1938  
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2006-09/1158835365 post] mentions visiting the Khyber Pass area as a child c 1938  
==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical Books on-line ====

Revision as of 11:27, 17 July 2013

Khyber Pass
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 34.102179°N 71.121968°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Khyber Pass
State/Province: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Country: Pakistan
Transport links

Alternative spelling: Khaibar Pass, Khaiber Pass

The Khyber Pass connects the Pakistani province of NWFP to Afghanistan. It is currently part of Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan.

History

Battle of Khyber Pass 1842

Locations within the Pass

Cemeteries

  • Ali Masjid
  • Landi Kotal

Forts

External Links

Historical Books on-line

  • Khyber Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908