Tirah Campaign
| Tirah Campaign | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| 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 | ||
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
- No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No2 (Kohat) Mountain Battery
- No2 (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 No13 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 (see 39th Regiment of Foot)
15th Sikhs (see 15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry)
1st Batt 2nd Gurkhas (see 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Rifles
Fourth Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO
2nd Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers (see 25th Regiment of Foot)
1st Batt Northamptonshire Regt (see 48th Regiment of Foot)
36th Sikhs (see 36th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry)
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 & Miners
One Printing Section Madras Sappers & Miners
21st Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
Jhind Regt Imperial Service Infantry
Sirmur Imperial Service Sappers
One Section British Field Hospital
One Native Field Hospital
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Wikipedia -Tirah Campaign
Google Books - Tirah Campaign
The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign from Devon heritage
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