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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gunrunningindian00kepp#page/n9/mode/2up  ''Gun-running and the Indian north-west frontier''] by the Hon. Arnold Keppel 1911 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gunrunningindian00kepp#page/n9/mode/2up  ''Gun-running and the Indian north-west frontier''] by the Hon. Arnold Keppel 1911 Archive.org
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29514/supplement/3037 "Operations in the Tochi Valley 7th January (Spina Khaisora)  and 26 March 1915 (Miramshah)"]  ''The London Gazette Supplement'' (17 March 1916), Supplement  20 March 1916.  Supplement: 29514 Page: 3037.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29514/supplement/3037 "Operations in the Tochi Valley 7th January (Spina Khaisora)  and 26 March 1915 (Miramshah)"]  ''The London Gazette Supplement'' (17 March 1916), Supplement  20 March 1916.  Supplement: 29514 Page: 3037.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/216/mode/2up "Punishing the Bunerwals" <nowiki>[</nowiki>1915<nowiki>]</nowiki>] , page 217 ''Under ten viceroys the reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. Includes the actions at Rustam, and rather briefly  Shabdakr in 1915.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/216/mode/2up "Punishing the Bunerwals" <nowiki>[</nowiki>1915<nowiki>]</nowiki>] , page 217 ''Under ten viceroys the reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. Includes the actions at Rustam, and rather briefly  Shabdakr in 1915. Also see ''London Gazette'' and associated reports, below.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20120202183711/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Brits_in_Caucasus/India_01.htm 'The Defence of India' by F. A. McKenzie], from ''The Great War'' edited by H.W. Wilson, volume 7, chapter 128. greatwardifferent.com, now an archived website. Scroll down to the section about the North West Frontier including Shabkadar.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20120202183711/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Brits_in_Caucasus/India_01.htm 'The Defence of India' by F. A. McKenzie], from ''The Great War'' edited by H.W. Wilson, volume 7, chapter 128. greatwardifferent.com, now an archived website. Scroll down to the section about the North West Frontier including Shabkadar.
*[https://archive.org/stream/warinairbeingsto06rale#page/268/mode/2up "War Operations In India"] page 268, ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played  in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume VI''  by H A Jones 1937 Archive.org. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on Official Documents''.
*[https://archive.org/stream/warinairbeingsto06rale#page/268/mode/2up "War Operations In India"] page 268, ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played  in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume VI''  by H A Jones 1937 Archive.org. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on Official Documents''.
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*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30629/supplement/4501 "Despatches on the operations against the Mahsuds, March-August, 1917"] ''London Gazette'' Supplement 12 April 1918
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30629/supplement/4501 "Despatches on the operations against the Mahsuds, March-August, 1917"] ''London Gazette'' Supplement 12 April 1918
*Despatches on military operations in the Indian Empire since the outbreak of the [[First World  War]].  Includes the North West Frontier ''London Gazette Supplement''s.  
*Despatches on military operations in the Indian Empire since the outbreak of the [[First World  War]].  Includes the North West Frontier ''London Gazette Supplement''s.  
**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29652/supplement/6695  To 9th March 1916]  ''LGS'' 4 July 1916; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30360/supplement/11269  To 31st March 1917]  ''LGS'' 31 October 1917; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31235/supplement/3585 To 31st May 1918]  ''LGS'' 17 March 1919; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32007/supplement/8157 To 30 April 1919] ''LGS'' 5 August 1920
**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29652/supplement/6695  To 9th March 1916]  ''LGS'' 4 July 1916. Includes details of operations on the Swat, Buner and Mohmand Borders, based on reports by Major General F. Campbell, one of which is transcribed<ref>[https://gillww1.wordpress.com/tag/operations-against-the-mohmands-bunerwals-and-swatis/ "GTG [Capt. George Theodore Gill, 2/6th Gurkha Rifles<nowiki>]</nowiki>  on the North West Frontier 1915"] (scroll down) gillww1, from  National Archives WO 160/732, one of a number of reports WO160/732-742.</ref>; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30360/supplement/11269  To 31st March 1917]  ''LGS'' 31 October 1917; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31235/supplement/3585 To 31st May 1918]  ''LGS'' 17 March 1919; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32007/supplement/8157 To 30 April 1919] ''LGS'' 5 August 1920
*See [[3rd Afghan War]] 6 May – 8 August 1919.
*See [[3rd Afghan War]] 6 May – 8 August 1919.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32156/page/12129    "A report on the operations in Waziristan during the period 3rd November 1919 to 7th May 1920".] ''London Gazette'' 8 December 1920.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32156/page/12129    "A report on the operations in Waziristan during the period 3rd November 1919 to 7th May 1920".] ''London Gazette'' 8 December 1920.

Revision as of 04:27, 3 July 2018

North West Frontier Campaigns
1849-1947
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location:
Combatants:
East India Company and British Army North West Frontier tribes
Result: Suppression of border incursions
Medals:
India General Service medal 1854
India Medal 1895-1902
Links:
Category: Category:North West Frontier Campaigns


From 1849 when the East India Company annexed the Punjab it became necessary to prevent incursion by the frontier Pakhtun tribes. Successive punitive expeditions subdued particular areas until further outrages occurred. Control of the region depended to a large extent on the Punjab Frontier Force recruited from local tribesmen commanded by British officers.

North West Frontier Expeditions

For a list of campaigns in order see

Medals

British Library holdings

India Office Records, which may be located by using the British Library Search include:

  • Collection 391 North West Frontier Operations 1897 IOR/L/MIL/7/15855-15939 1897-1923
  • Collection 403 Frontier and Overseas Expeditions IOR/L/MIL/7/16820-16978 1901-1944
  • War Diary [Collection], Army Headquarters India, Frontier Operations. GSI, 1914-20. 56 vols. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4066-4121. Printed volumes from the Military Library.
  • Political and Secret Department Library IOR/L/PS/20 1757-1952. A very large and varied collection of confidential prints, official publications and commercially published works, analogous to the Military Library (see under L/MIL/17), it largely consists of military reports, gazetteers, summaries of correspondence, handbooks etc. dealing with the Indian States, the frontier regions and neighbouring countries. There is a separate index. Includes

Imperial War Museums holdings

The Imperial War Museums are a source of information about operations in Waziristan. Search the catalogue.

Catalogue entry for the publication Bibliography of sources in the Departments of Documents, Photographs, Printed Books and Sound Records at the Imperial War Museum on military operations in Waziristan on the North West Frontier of India 1917-1937, published c 1979.

Also see

Recommended Reading

  • John Archibald Hislop was an officer in the Indian Army, 2nd Battalion 9th Jat Regiment from 1933. He had a series of postings on the North West Frontier. Subsequently he was GS02 Waziristan District until c.August 1943. His memoirs A Soldier’s Story-From the Khyber Pass to the Jungles of Burma: The Memoir of a British Officer in the Indian Army 1933-1947 were published by his daughter in 2010 and reviewed in FIBIS Journal 26.

External Links

Maps

Histories

Photographs

Historical books online

Update: The Digital Library of India website is not currently operating. Use Archive.org mirror version links where available.

1910 edition Archive.org
'The Defence of India' by F. A. McKenzie, from The Great War edited by H.W. Wilson, volume 7, chapter 128. greatwardifferent.com, now an archived website. Scroll down to the section about the North West Frontier including Shabkadar.
Turmoil and Tragedy in India, 1914 and After by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn 1935 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, in TIFF format. It is catalogued as Turmoil The Tragedy In India 1914. It is also available as a pdf to download from DLI, Archive.org version.
Routes
  • Routes on the North-West Frontier compiled (for political and military reference) under the orders of the Quarter Master General in India, in the Intelligence Branch, in 1887 ; brought up to date in October 1892 by W.R. Robertson. Confidential.Volume I, Volume 2 Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
  • 1890 Military Routes to the Indo-Afghan Frontier by Lessar (secret)] Notes: At head of title: Secret. "From Russian official "records" of geographical, topographical and statistical materials on Asia. Collected by the Military Scientific Committee of the Headquarters Staff, 1890. Translated for the Intelligence Division of the War Office". HMSO. Author: P. M. Lessar, (Pavel Mikhailovich) Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
  • 1893 Routes from Russian Territory toward Afghanistan and India - the Pamir line of Advance by Robertson (confidential). Full title: Routes from Russian Territory in Central Asia towards Afghanistan and India. Section 1, The Pamir line of advance compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by W.R. Robertson. 1893. Contents: pt. 1. Short military report on the Ferghana province, Kashgar, the Pamirs and Upper Oxus Afghan provinces ... - pt. 2. Includes all routes leading from the Chimkend Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and the Karakorum Passes. Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
  • Strategical Epitome of Routes on and beyond the North-West Frontier of India by General Staff India (confidential) 1912 Pdf download, Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
Fiction

References

  1. "GTG [Capt. George Theodore Gill, 2/6th Gurkha Rifles] on the North West Frontier 1915" (scroll down) gillww1, from National Archives WO 160/732, one of a number of reports WO160/732-742.