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The Army summer camp known as Barian Camp appears to have developed into a more permanent cantonment . "Barian was a lovely one-battalion cantonment at six thousand feet".<ref>Google Books snipper search result: ''Unlikely beginnings: a soldier's life by Aboobaker Osman Mitha - 2003</ref> In 1920 there was a RAF Hill Depot established at Lower Barian.<ref>Snippet Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=55cBAAAAMAAJ&q=Barian,+Murree&dq=Barian,+Murree&hl=en&sa=X&ei=byvfT-CkFoWZiQfnlpiaCg&redir_esc=y ''Military history of British India, 1607-1947''] by Harbans Singh Bhatia, page 29 and Snippet Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xgAFAAAAMAAJ&q=Barian,+Murree&dq=Barian,+Murree&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4yvfT-f_I6-wiQfIxbmaCg&redir_esc=y ''The flying elephants: a history of No. 27 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, 1915-69''], page 96</ref>
[[Bara Gali]] about 40km from Murree, also was a small cantonment, occupied in the hot summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_431.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6'', page 425]</ref>(Spelling variants: Bara Gali/Baragully)
Khaira Gali was a small cantonment on the road between Abbottabad and Murree, also occupied in the summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_213.gif Khaira Gali] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15'', page 207</ref> (Spelling variants : Khaira/ Khair/ Khyra Gali/ Galli/ Khyragilly/ Khyragully)
There was a Rest Camp at Tret.
[[Khanspur]] was a hill station where a detachment of British Infantry were stationed during the summer months. (Spelling variants Khanspur/ Khan's Pur)
C 1899 there was a Convalescent Camp at Camp Thobba<ref>''Navy and Army Illustrated'' June 17 1899, page 297</ref>
===Military Hospitals===
In 1899 the were military hospitals at
*Baragully: 10 Beds
*Camp Gharial: 40 Beds
*Camp Thobba:14 Beds
*Camp Upper Topa: 16 Beds
*Camp Lower Topa: 25 Beds
*Ghora Dhaka: 30 Tents
*Kalabagh: 15 Beds
*Khyragully: 10 Beds
*Kuldunnah: 60 Beds
*Murree C.D: 43 Beds<ref>[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/175.html Military Hospitals 1899] scarletfinders.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2014</ref>
===Postcards and photographs of the cantonments===
==Also see==
*[[:Category:Murree images|Images of Murree]]
