Mohmand Expedition 1863-64

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Mohmand Expedition 1863-64
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: December 1863-January 1864
Location: Mohmand Agency, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 34.510425°N 71.35459°E
Result: Submission of tribesmen
Combatants
East India Company Mohmand tribesmen
Commanders
Col A.F.Macdonell CB
Strength
1,800
Casualties

One Casualty

Lieutenant St. George Meadows Bishop - 6th Bengal Cavalry - killed in action at Shabkadar - 5th December 1863. Aged 22. Son of General George Bishop (Bengal Infantry). Born in Darjeeling. Buried at Peshawar - "Erected by his brother officers to the memory of Lieut. St. George M. Bishop 6th Bengal Cavalry, killed in action at Shabkadar in an engagement with the hill tribes December 5th 1863, aged 22 years."
Extract from Stephen Lewis Website

Mohmand Field Force

D Battery 5th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
7th Hussars (140 men)
3rd Batt Rifle Brigade
Detachments of 2nd Bengal Cavalry
Detachments of 6th Bengal Cavalry
Detachments of 2nd Gurkha Regiment
Detachments of 4th Sikh Cavalry

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions