Tirah Campaign

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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

Second Brigade
Commander: Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB

Divisional Troops

SECOND DIVISION

Commander: Maj-Gen A G Yeatman-Biggs
Third Brigade
Brig Gen F.J.Kempster DSO

Fourth Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO

Divisional Troops

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
The Tirah Campaign: Recollections of Surgeon Captain A.E. Masters Queensroyalsurreys.org
Tirah: photographic journalism A photograph album from Black and White War Album: No. 3 The Tirah Campaign published 1899 “includes photography of war fighting, camps, mountain terrain, war dead, the Gordon Highlanders in action, wounded soldiers and gun batteries” King’s College London Collections. This book is also available at the National Army Museum, London
Photographs: The Tirah Campaign bonhams.com Click on the small picture to enlarge.

Historical books on-line