Tirah Campaign
| Tirah Campaign | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
| Date: | 10 June 1897-April 1898 | |
| Location: | Tirah, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.798237°N 70.135386°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Afridi & Orakzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lt Gen Sir William Lockhart | ||
| Strength | ||
| British Officers 1,010 British Troops 10,882 Indian Troops 22,614 Total 34,506 Non-combatants 19,934 |
40-50,000 | |
| Casualties | ||
The Tirah Campaign took place in 1897-98.
Campaign Actions
Battle of Samana Ridge Aug-Sept 1897
Battle of Dargai Heights Oct 1897
Tirah Field Force
FIRST DIVISION
Commander: Brig-Gen William Penn Symons
First Brigade
Col I.S.M.Hamilton CB DSO
Succeeded by Brig Gen R.Hart VC CB
- 2nd Batt Derbyshire Regt
- 1st Batt Devonshire Regt
- 30th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
- 2nd Batt 1st Gurkha Rifles
- No 6 British Field Hospital
- No 34 Native Hospital
Second Brigade
Commander: Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB
- 2nd Batt Yorkshire Regt
- 1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt
- 3rd Sikhs
- 2nd Batt 4th Gurkha Rifles
- Two sections No 8 British Field Hospital
- Two sections No 14 British Field Hospital
- No 51 Native Hospital
Divisional Troops
- Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers
- No 1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No 1 (Kohat) Mountain Battery
- No 2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery
- Two Coys Bengal Sappers & Miners
- One Printing Section Bengal Sappers & Miners
- 28th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- Nabha Regt Imperial Service Infantry
- Mala Kotla Imperial Service Sappers
- One Section No 13 British Field Hospital
- No 63 Native Field Hospital
SECOND DIVISION
Commander: Maj-Gen A G Yeatman-Biggs
Third Brigade
Brig Gen F.J.Kempster DSO
- 1st Batt Gordon Highlanders
- 1st Batt Dorsetshire Regt
- 15th Sikhs
- 1st Batt 2nd Gurkhas
Fourth Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO
- 2nd Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers
- 1st Batt Northamptonshire Regt
- 36th Sikhs
- 1st Batt 3rd Gurkha Rifles
Divisional Troops
- Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers
- No 8 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No 9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
- Machinegun Detachment 16th Lancers
- No 4 Coy Madras Sappers and Miners
- One Printing Section Madras Sappers and Miners
- 21st Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
- Jhind Regt Imperial Service Infantry
- Sirmur Imperial Service Sappers
- One Section British Field Hospital
- One Native Field Hospital
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
External Links
North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
Tirah Campaign Wikipedia
Tirah Campaign description on roll-of-honour.com
Lieut MacLean VC Wikipedia
Lt-Col Robert Adams VC Wikipedia
Lieut Alexander Murray VC Wikipedia
The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign from Devon heritage
Pathan Revolt – 1897 Globalsecurity.org
"The 1897 Revolt and Tirah Valley Operations from the Pashtun Perspective" by Robert A Johnson November 2009 Tribal Analysis Center
html version, Original pdf
Historical books on-line
The Pathan Revolt in North-West India by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org
The Campaign in Tirah 1897-98 by Col H D Hutchinson archive.org (Requires a djvu plug-in).
Tirah Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908