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An army of British and Indian troops set out from the Punjab in December 1838. They reached Quetta in March and took Kandahar without a battle in April. Ghazni was taken in July and Kabul reached in August.

Sir John Keane's Army

British

• 4th Hussars now the Queen’s Royal Hussars
• 16th Lancers now the Queen’s Royal Lancers
• 2nd Regiment of Foot now the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
• 13th Regiment of Foot now the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
• 17th Regiment of Foot, Royal Anglian Regiment (disbanded)
  

Indian

• 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry
• 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
• 3rd Skinner’s Horse
• 31st Lancers
• 34th Poona Horse
• 3rd Sappers and Miners
• Shah Shujah’s Regiment
• 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers later the Munster Fusiliers
• 2nd Bengal Native Infantry
• 16th Bengal Native Infantry
• 27th Bengal Native Infantry
• 31st Bengal Native Infantry
• 42nd Bengal Native Infantry
• 43rd Bengal Native Infantry
• 48th Bengal Native Infantry
• 19th Bombay Infantry later the 119th Multan Regiment

Indian Sappers and Miners

• 2nd Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
• 3rd Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
• 1st Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners

External Links

Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War
Heritage History - Afghan Wars
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan