Zakha Khel Expedition 1908

Zakha Khel Expedition 1908
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date:	February 1908
Location:	Khyber Agency, NWF
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	approx 34.00271°N 71.178358°E
Result:	Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians	Zakha Khel Afridi tribesmen
Commanders
Maj-Gen Sir James Willcocks KCMG CB DSO
Strength
Casualties

Also known as the Bazar valley Campaign 1908

Zakha Khel Field Force 1908

First Brigade
Brig-Gen C A Anderson

• 1st Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 53rd Sikhs
• 59th Scinde Rifles
• 2nd Btn 5th Gurkhas
• Sections A & B No1 British Field Hospital
• No 101 Native Field Hospital
• Sections A & B No 102 Native Field Hospital
• Brigade Supply Column
  

Second Brigade
Maj-Gen A A Barrett

• 1st Btn Seaforth Highlanders
• 28th Punjabis
• 45th Sikhs
• 54th Sikhs
• Sections C & D No1 British Field Hospital
• No 103 Native Field Hospital
• Sections C & D No 102 Native Field Hospital
• Brigade Supply Column
  

Third Brigade (Reserve)
Maj-Gen Watkis

• 1st Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers
• 55th Coke's Rifles
• 1st Btn 6th Gurkhas
• 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery
• Sections A & B No 2 British Field Hospital
• No 112 Native Field Hospital
• Sections A & B No 113 Native Field Hospital
• Brigade Supply Column
  

Divisional Troops

• Two Squadrons 19th Lancers
• Two Squadrons 37th Lancers
• No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
• 22nd Dejarat Mountain Battery
• Nos 6 Coy 1st Sappers and Miners
• Three Sections Nos 9 Coy 2nd Sappers and Miners
• 23rd Sikh Pioneers
• 25th Punjabis
• No 105 Native Field Hospital

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
Bazar Valley Campaign 1908 Wikipedia

Historical Books on-line

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol IIa Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis 1908 archive.org

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0