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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023217197 ''The Coming of the Great Queen : a Narrative of the Acquisition of Burma''] by Major Edmond Charles Browne, Late Commandant Mounted Infantry Corps, Burma Field Force 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023217197 ''The Coming of the Great Queen : a Narrative of the Acquisition of Burma''] by Major Edmond Charles Browne, Late Commandant Mounted Infantry Corps, Burma Field Force 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/pacificationofbu00crosrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Pacification of Burma''] 
by Sir Charles Crosthwaite. Chief Commissioner of Burma 1887-1890.  1912 Archive.org.This edition which has illustrations, is missing the [https://archive.org/stream/pacificationbur00crosgoog#page/n12/mode/2up first page of the Preface] which may be viewed in an alternative edition.
*[https://archive.org/stream/pacificationofbu00crosrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Pacification of Burma''] 
by Sir Charles Crosthwaite. Chief Commissioner of Burma 1887-1890.  1912 Archive.org.This edition which has illustrations, is missing the [https://archive.org/stream/pacificationbur00crosgoog#page/n12/mode/2up first page of the Preface] which may be viewed in an alternative edition.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/279171 ''Record Of The Service Of The 23rd Bombay Light Infantry During The Campaign In Burma, From July 1886 To May 1888''] by W A M Wilson. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NotesOnCavalryEmployedInUpperBurmaFromOctober1886ToOctober1887/2.109Heyland#page/n0/mode/2up  "Notes on Cavalry Employed in Upper Burma From October 1886 to October 1887"]. Originally from ''History of the Third Burmese War 1885, 1886 and 1887'' (1889) Reprinted in ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'', Vol 2, No 1, Spring 2004. Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NotesOnCavalryEmployedInUpperBurmaFromOctober1886ToOctober1887/2.109Heyland#page/n0/mode/2up  "Notes on Cavalry Employed in Upper Burma From October 1886 to October 1887"]. Originally from ''History of the Third Burmese War 1885, 1886 and 1887'' (1889) Reprinted in ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'', Vol 2, No 1, Spring 2004. Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/MandalayIn1885-1888TheLettersOfJamesAlfredColbeck/2.111Colbeck2#page/n0/mode/2up  "Mandalay in 1885-1888: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck"] “The present letters include the years 1885-1888, when Colbeck returned to Upper Burma with British forces and served as both mission priest and as acting chaplain for British forces”. Originally from ''Letters from Mandalay, A Series of Letters For the Most Part Written From the Royal City of Mandalay During the Troublous Years of 1878-79; Together with Letters Written During the Last Burmese Campaign of 1885-88'' (1892). Reprinted in ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'', Vol 2, No1, Spring 2004. Archive.org. ([https://archive.org/details/MandalayIn1878-1879TheLettersOfJamesAlfredColbeck 1878-1879 Letters] Archive.org)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/MandalayIn1885-1888TheLettersOfJamesAlfredColbeck/2.111Colbeck2#page/n0/mode/2up  "Mandalay in 1885-1888: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck"] “The present letters include the years 1885-1888, when Colbeck returned to Upper Burma with British forces and served as both mission priest and as acting chaplain for British forces”. Originally from ''Letters from Mandalay, A Series of Letters For the Most Part Written From the Royal City of Mandalay During the Troublous Years of 1878-79; Together with Letters Written During the Last Burmese Campaign of 1885-88'' (1892). Reprinted in ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'', Vol 2, No1, Spring 2004. Archive.org. ([https://archive.org/details/MandalayIn1878-1879TheLettersOfJamesAlfredColbeck 1878-1879 Letters] Archive.org)
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/medalsofbritishn00longrich#page/295/mode/1up "Third Burmese War and Annexation of Burmah 1885-87"], page 295, ''Medals of the British Navy and how they were won'' by W.H. Long 1895 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/medalsofbritishn00longrich#page/295/mode/1up "Third Burmese War and Annexation of Burmah 1885-87"], page 295, ''Medals of the British Navy and how they were won'' by W.H. Long 1895 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/otherwayrespectf00forb#page/128/mode/2up "Among the Dacoits"] page 128 ''The other way: respectfully dedicated to all good housewives'' by Ernest Forbes 1899  Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/otherwayrespectf00forb#page/128/mode/2up "Among the Dacoits"] page 128 ''The other way: respectfully dedicated to all good housewives'' by Ernest Forbes 1899  Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/175578 ''The Life Of General Sir Harry N.D. Prendergast''] by  Henry M. Vibart 1914.  Pdf download  from the Digital Library of India.  Sir Harry led the 1885 expedition.
*“A Naval Officer on an Indian Army Staff”  by G. A. B. ''The Naval Review''  May 1938 Vol XXVI no 1, pages 75-85 and  no. 2, pages 271-282.  [http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1930s/1938-1.pdf Part I] (scroll down) and [http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1930s/1938-2.pdf  Part II] (scroll down). During the Burma river war of 1885, the author, G. A. B.,  was appointed naval aide-de-camp to General Prendergast who was in command.
*“A Naval Officer on an Indian Army Staff”  by G. A. B. ''The Naval Review''  May 1938 Vol XXVI no 1, pages 75-85 and  no. 2, pages 271-282.  [http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1930s/1938-1.pdf Part I] (scroll down) and [http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1930s/1938-2.pdf  Part II] (scroll down). During the Burma river war of 1885, the author, G. A. B.,  was appointed naval aide-de-camp to General Prendergast who was in command.
*''The Life Of General Sir Harry N.D. Prendergast'' by  Henry M. Vibart 1914 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Sir Harry led the 1885 expedition.


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3rd Burma War
9 November-28 December 1885
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Burma
Combatants:
British India Burma
Result: British victory. Annexation of Burma
Medals: India General Service medal, Burma 1885-87 clasp
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Summary

In the 1880s British concerns were raised by contacts between the Burmese and the French whose colonial expansion in Indo-China had reached the Burmese border. When a British company was fined by the Burmese for contraventions of its teak extraction contract, the British demanded arbitration and, when that was refused, issued an ultimatum which would have reduced Burma to a vassal state. When this was not accepted on 9 November 1885 an invasion force under Maj-Gen Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast was sent up the Irrawaddy. By 26 November the envoys from King Thibaw offered to surrender. Thibaw was taken into exile in India and the British annexed the remainder of Burma on 1 January 1886. Increasing numbers of troops were required to counter the resistance campaign which continued into 1889. Unrest continued in the northern tribal areas. See Chin Lushai Expedition 1889, Chin Hills Expedition 1892, Kachin Hills Expedition 1892 & Kachin Hills Expedition 1895.

Upper Burma Field Force

Expeditionary Force

9,034 fighting men, 2,810 native followers and 67 guns under Maj-Gen Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast

Artillery

  • Q-1 Royal Artillery
  • 9-1 Cinque Ports Division (Mountain)
  • 3-1 Scottish Division
  • 4-1 North Irish Division

Sappers and Miners

1st Infantry Brigade
Brig-Gen H H Foord commanding

2nd Infantry Brigade
Brig-Gen G S White CB VC commanding

3rd Infantry Brigade
Brig-Gen F B Norman CB BSC commanding

Mounted Infantry
Maj E C Brown, Scots Fusiliers commanding

Reinforcement Spring 1886

Infantry

Reinforcement Sept 1886

Infantry

Cavalry

Sappers & Miners

Artillery

At the end of October 1886 the force totalled 31,653 fighting men

Other units deployed during the campaign

British Library holdings

India Office Records:Publications

  • IOR/L/MIL/17/19/30 Proceedings of the Government of India Military Department: Burma 1885-86. 460 pages. Calcutta, 1886.
  • IOR/L/MIL/17/19/31 History of the Third Burmese War. Calcutta/Simla: Intelligence Branch, QMG's Dept, 1887-94. 6 volumes + 3 index volumes
  • IOR/L/MIL/17/19/32 Supplement to the Third Burmese War. Diary of events. Lt Henry Ernest Stanton. Calcutta/Simla: Intelligence Branch, QMG's Dept, 1888-93. 3 volumes + index volume.

Medal rolls

Medal rolls for Burma 1887-1889 - Transcribed from WO 100/73 series at The National Archives from Kevin Asplin’s British Medals website

External Links

Historical Books on-line