Tirah Campaign

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Tirah Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
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

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
2nd Batt Derbyshire Regt (95th Regiment of Foot)
1st Batt Devonshire Regt (11th Regiment of Foot)
30th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry (30th Regiment of Punjab Infantry)
2nd Batt 1st Gurkha Rifles
No 6 British Field Hospital
No 34 Native Hospital

Second Brigade
Commander: Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB
2nd Batt Yorkshire Regt (19th Regiment of Foot)
1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt (2nd Regiment of Foot)
3rd Sikhs (see 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
2nd Batt 4th Gurkha Rifles
Two sections No 8 British Field Hospital
Two sections No 14 British Field Hospital
No 51 Native Hospital

Divisional Troops
Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers
No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No2 (Kohat) Mountain Battery
No2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery
Two Coys Bengal Sappers & Miners
One Printing Section Bengal Sappers & Miners
(see The Corps of Bengal Sappers and Miners)
28th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
Nabha Regt Imperial Service Infantry
Mala Kotla Imperial Service Sappers
One Section No13 British Field Hospital
No 63 Native Field Hospital

SECOND DIVISION

Commander: Maj-Gen A G Yeatman-Biggs
Third Brigade
Brig Gen F.J.Kempster DSO
1st Batt Gordon Highlanders
1st Batt Dorsetshire Regt (see 39th Regiment of Foot)
15th Sikhs (see 15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry)
1st Batt 2nd Gurkhas (see 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Rifles

Fourth Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO
2nd Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers (see 25th Regiment of Foot)
1st Batt Northamptonshire Regt (see 48th Regiment of Foot)
36th Sikhs (see 36th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry)
1st Batt 3rd Gurkha Rifles

Divisional Troops
Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers
No 8 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No 9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
Machinegun Detachment 16th Lancers
No 4 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners
One Printing Section Madras Sappers & Miners
21st Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
Jhind Regt Imperial Service Infantry
Sirmur Imperial Service Sappers
One Section British Field Hospital
One Native Field Hospital

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Wikipedia -Tirah Campaign
Google Books - Tirah Campaign
The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign from Devon heritage

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