Tirah Campaign

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Tirah Campaign
Part of Punitive Expeditions
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
12,400 40-50,000
Casualties

Campaign Actions

Battle of Samana Ridge Aug-Sept 1897
Battle of Dargai Heights Oct 1897

Tirah Field Force

FIRST DIVISION

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 Infantry
2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas

Second Brigade
Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB
2nd Batt Yorkshire Regt
1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt
3rd Sikhs
2nd Batt 4th Gurkhas

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 Bombay Infantry
Nabha Regt Imperial Service Infantry
Mala Kotla Imperial Service Sappers
One Section British Field Hospital
One Native Field Hospital

SECOND DIVISION

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 Gurkhas

Divisional Troops
Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers
No8 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
Machinegun Detachment 16th Lancers
No4 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

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