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At the end of October 1886 the force totalled 31,653 fighting men
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*2nd Squadron [[2nd Madras Native Cavalry|2nd Madras Cavalry]]
*2nd Squadron [[2nd Madras Native Cavalry|2nd Madras Cavalry]]
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*[[12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry|12th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry|12th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry|13th Bengal Infantry]]
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*[[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[18th Musulman Rajput Infantry|18th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[18th Musulman Rajput Infantry|18th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[27th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|27th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[27th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|27th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[44th Gurkha Rifles|44th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[44th Gurkha Rifles|44th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[63rd (Palamcottah) Light Infantry|3rd Madras Infantry]]
*[[63rd (Palamcottah) Light Infantry|3rd Madras Infantry]]
*[[73rd Carnatic Infantry|13th Madras Infantry]]
*[[73rd Carnatic Infantry|13th Madras Infantry]]
*[[75th Carnatic Infantry|15th Madras Infantry]]
*[[75th Carnatic Infantry|15th Madras Infantry]]
*[[87th Punjab Regiment|27th Madras Infantry]]
*[[87th Punjab Regiment|27th Madras Infantry]]
*[[81st Madras Pioneers|1st Madras Pioneers]]
*[[81st Madras Pioneers|1st Madras Pioneers]]
*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)|1st Bombay Infantry]]
*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)|1st Bombay Infantry]]
*[[7th Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Pioneers)|7th Bombay Infantry]]
*[[7th Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Pioneers)|7th Bombay Infantry]]
*[[27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry|27th Bombay Infantry]]
*[[27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry|27th Bombay Infantry]]
*[[3rd Gurkha Rifles|3rd Goorkhas]]
*[[3rd Gurkha Rifles|3rd Goorkhas]]
*[[2nd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
*[[2nd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
*1st, 3rd, 4th & 6th Coys [[Madras Sappers and Miners]]
*1st, 3rd, 4th & 6th Coys [[Madras Sappers and Miners]]
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*1st Battery 1st Brigade East Division
*5th Battery 1st Brigade South Division
*7th Battery 1st Brigade North Division
*8th Battery 1st Brigade London Division
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Revision as of 19:08, 10 November 2010

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
Links:
Category: 3rd Burma War
See our interactive map of
3rd Burma War 1885
locations and routes on Google Maps


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. There was sporadic insurgency into 1887.

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

External Links

Third Anglo-Burmese War Wikipedia
Annexation of Burma War Medals and Their History - Google Books
Map of British Conquest of Burma Google Books
King Thibaw of Burma Wikipedia
Thibaw's palace in exile www.deccanherald.com

Historical Books on-line