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[[Image:Bunermap.jpg|thumb|Buner 1909]] | [[Image:Bunermap.jpg|thumb|Buner 1909]] | ||
==Buner Field Force== | ==Buner Field Force== | ||
| − | '''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG'' | + | '''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 |
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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
