North West Frontier Campaigns

North West Frontier Campaigns
1849-1908
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 1849-1908

Summary

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 1849-1908

For a list of campaigns in order see

• Chronological list of North West Frontier Campaigns

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
Risings on the North West Frontier www.archive.org
The Army in India & Frontier Warfare 1914-1939 www.king-emperor.com
Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India from 1854 to 1863 by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books
India Medal 1895 www.northeastmedals.co.uk
NWF VCs www.northeastmedals.co.uk
North West Frontier Map Rootsweb
NWF Map Digital South Asia Maps

Historical books on-line

Nine years on the north-west frontier of India from 1854 to 1863 Lt-Gen Sir Sydney Cotton KCB 1868 (archive.org)
The Risings on the North-west Frontier Special War Correspondence of the "Pioneer" 1898 (archive.org)
A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes on the North-west Frontier of India Asstistant QMG Intelligence Branch 1899 (archive.org)
Campaigns on the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 (archive.org)

Recommended Reading

Campaigns on the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0
Imperial Frontier: Tribe & State in Waziristan by Dr Hugh Beattie
Routledge 2001
ISBN 0700713093 and ISBN 978-0700713097