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'''Also known as the Bazar | Alternative spelling '''Zakka Khel'''<br> | ||
'''Also known as the Bazar Valley Campaign 1908''' | |||
== Zakha Khel Field Force 1908 == | == Zakha Khel Field Force 1908 == | ||
'''First Brigade'''<br> | '''First Brigade'''<br> | ||
Revision as of 00:15, 2 December 2012
| Zakha Khel Expedition 1908 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1947 | ||
| Date: | February 1908 | |
| Location: | Khyber Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | approx 34.00271°N 71.178358°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Zakha Khel Afridi tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj-Gen Sir James Willcocks KCMG CB DSO | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Alternative spelling Zakka Khel
Also known as the Bazar Valley Campaign 1908
Zakha Khel Field Force 1908
First Brigade
Brig-Gen C A Anderson
- 1st Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 53rd Sikhs
- 59th Scinde Rifles
- 2nd Btn 5th Gurkhas
- Sections A & B No1 British Field Hospital
- No 101 Native Field Hospital
- Sections A & B No 102 Native Field Hospital
- Brigade Supply Column
Second Brigade
Maj-Gen A A Barrett
- 1st Btn Seaforth Highlanders
- 28th Punjabis
- 45th Sikhs
- 54th Sikhs
- Sections C & D No1 British Field Hospital
- No 103 Native Field Hospital
- Sections C & D No 102 Native Field Hospital
- Brigade Supply Column
Third Brigade (Reserve)
Maj-Gen Watkis
- 1st Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 55th Coke's Rifles
- 1st Btn 6th Gurkhas
- 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery
- Sections A & B No 2 British Field Hospital
- No 112 Native Field Hospital
- Sections A & B No 113 Native Field Hospital
- Brigade Supply Column
Divisional Troops
- Two Squadrons 19th Lancers
- Two Squadrons 37th Lancers
- No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
- 22nd Dejarat Mountain Battery
- Nos 6 Coy 1st Sappers and Miners
- Three Sections Nos 9 Coy 2nd Sappers and Miners
- 23rd Sikh Pioneers
- 25th Punjabis
- No 105 Native Field Hospital
External Links
North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
Bazar Valley Campaign 1908 Wikipedia
Historical Books on-line
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol IIa Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis 1908 archive.org
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