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*Newspaper article [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/37281058 "British Official Killed In India: Clash Between Tribesmen And Troops"] ''The Advertiser'' (Adelaide, SA) Monday 15 April 1935 | *Newspaper article [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/37281058 "British Official Killed In India: Clash Between Tribesmen And Troops"] ''The Advertiser'' (Adelaide, SA) Monday 15 April 1935 | ||
*Scroll down the page called [http://asmrb.pbworks.com/w/page/46944594 Peshawar] for a mention of the Loe-Agra operations of the Nowshera Brigade and the 72nd Punjabis . Michael, asmrb.pbworks.com<br> | *Scroll down the page called [http://asmrb.pbworks.com/w/page/46944594 Peshawar] for a mention of the Loe-Agra operations of the Nowshera Brigade and the [[72nd Punjab Regiment|72nd Punjabis]] . Michael, asmrb.pbworks.com<br> | ||
'''Mohmand Campaign''' | '''Mohmand Campaign''' | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Mohmand_Campaign 2nd Mohmand Campaign] 1935 Wikipedia 1935 | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Mohmand_Campaign 2nd Mohmand Campaign] 1935 Wikipedia 1935 | ||
Revision as of 08:20, 31 August 2013
There were two operations on the North West Frontier in 1935 carried out by the Nowshera Brigade, the Loe Agra Campaign and The Mohmand Campaign.
The Loe Agra Campaign was between 23 February and 13 April 1935.
The Mohmand Campaign was between 16 August and 15 October 1935.
Medals
India General Service medal 1908 with clasp North West Frontier 1935. Scroll down for eligibility criteria northeastmedals.co.uk
External links
- The Last Great Hero: The Extraordinary Life of Field Marshal Alexander who commanded the Nowshera Brigade along the North-West Frontier during both the Loe Agra Campaign February and the Mohmand Campaign (scroll down). By James Holland 8th December 2009, griffonmerlin.com
The Loe Agra Campaign.
- Newspaper article "British Official Killed In India: Clash Between Tribesmen And Troops" The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA) Monday 15 April 1935
- Scroll down the page called Peshawar for a mention of the Loe-Agra operations of the Nowshera Brigade and the 72nd Punjabis . Michael, asmrb.pbworks.com
Mohmand Campaign
- 2nd Mohmand Campaign 1935 Wikipedia 1935
- British military personnel of the 1935 Mohmand Campaign Wikipedia
- London Gazette 24 December 1935, page 7. The award of the Victoria Cross to the late Captain Godfrey Meynell, M.C., 5th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides), 12th Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army. For most conspicuous gallantry and extreme devotion to duty on the 29th September, 1935, while operating against Mohmand tribesmen in the attack on Point 4080.
- Army in India & Frontier Warfare 1914-1939 by Tim Moreman ( Khyber.org and originally from king-emperor.com) has a section "The Mohmand Campaign (Aug-Sep 1935)" (scroll down).
- Photographs: India 1930s 14th Corunna Field Battery taken by the father of Peter Bullous. Includes photographs at Ghalanai during the 1935 Mohmand Operations. Flickr.com. This Battery is now called 17 (Corunna) Battery and appears to have been in India until 1939.
- Listen to the 2000 interview with Jack Vardy, born 1913, British private (bandsman) served with 1st Bn Hampshire Regt in India 1929-1935. Reel 3 includes a short segment "acting as stretcher-bearer at Gallenoi, 1935". Imperial War Museums