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'''Fourth Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO''<br>2nd Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers<br>1st Batt Northamptonshire Regt<br>36th Sikhs<br>1st Batt 3rd Gurkhas<br> | '''Fourth Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO''<br>2nd Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers<br>1st Batt Northamptonshire Regt<br>36th Sikhs<br>1st Batt 3rd Gurkhas<br> | ||
| − | '''Divisional Troops'''<br>Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers<br> | + | '''Divisional Troops'''<br>Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers<br>No 8 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No 9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery<br> Machinegun Detachment 16th Lancers<br>No 4 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners<br>One Printing Section Madras Sappers & Miners<br>21st Madras Infantry Pioneers<br>Jhind Regt Imperial Service Infantry<br>Sirmur Imperial Service Sappers<br>One Section British Field Hospital<br>One Native Field Hospital<br> |
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 18 December 2008
| 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 | ||
| British Officers 1,010 British Troops 10,882 Indian Troops 22,614 Total 34,614 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
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
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
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
