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*These [http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/ggphotos/index.htm photographs] have subjects which are of a Military nature and were taken by Gordon Gibbons during his tour of duty in the Northwest Frontier of India with the RAF from 1937 to 1940. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website | *These [http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/ggphotos/index.htm photographs] have subjects which are of a Military nature and were taken by Gordon Gibbons during his tour of duty in the Northwest Frontier of India with the RAF from 1937 to 1940. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website | ||
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesbarlow/sets/72157661200709283/page1 Photograph Collection: Alastair Stewart McGhee from his time in North West India from 1946 to 1947] flickr.com. A [[Royal Corps of Signals|signaller]], he was initially based at Risalpur, then at Gardai, Waziristan, having previously served in [[Second World War|Burma]]. | *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesbarlow/sets/72157661200709283/page1 Photograph Collection: Alastair Stewart McGhee from his time in North West India from 1946 to 1947] flickr.com. A [[Royal Corps of Signals|signaller]], he was initially based at Risalpur, then at Gardai, Waziristan, having previously served in [[Second World War|Burma]]. | ||
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| − | ==== Historical Books | + | *[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100039522683.0x000001 Sketch Map of Waziristan. March 1938.] British Library catalogue reference IOR/L/PS/12/1960, f 258. Qatar Digital Library. |
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/242/mode/2up Waziristan] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/242/mode/2up Waziristan] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908 | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromblackmountai00wyll#page/n5/mode/2up ''From the Black Mountain to Waziristan being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the North-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past] by H. C. Wylly 1912 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromblackmountai00wyll#page/n5/mode/2up ''From the Black Mountain to Waziristan being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the North-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past] by H. C. Wylly 1912 Archive.org | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 29 March 2017
See separate articles on
- North Waziristan Agency
- South Waziristan Agency
- Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920
- Operations in Waziristan November 1936 - December 1937
- North West Frontier Campaigns for an overview of the campaigns
External links
- Waziristan Wikipedia
- "Waziristan-The Past" by Hamid Hussain 2004 Orbat.com
- "Waziristan 1937-1939" ( 9 page pdf) by Lieut Colonel H E M Newman The Royal Engineer Journal Volume 95, number 2, 1984 from the website A Newman Family Tree, (select HEM Newman)
- These photographs have subjects which are of a Military nature and were taken by Gordon Gibbons during his tour of duty in the Northwest Frontier of India with the RAF from 1937 to 1940. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website
- Photograph Collection: Alastair Stewart McGhee from his time in North West India from 1946 to 1947 flickr.com. A signaller, he was initially based at Risalpur, then at Gardai, Waziristan, having previously served in Burma.
Maps
- Sketch Map of Waziristan. March 1938. British Library catalogue reference IOR/L/PS/12/1960, f 258. Qatar Digital Library.
Historical Books online
- Waziristan Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908
- From the Black Mountain to Waziristan being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the North-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past by H. C. Wylly 1912 Archive.org
- Operations in Waziristan, 1919-1920 by General Staff Army Headquarters. India 1921 Archive.org
- Official History of Operations on the N.-W. Frontier of India, 1920-35 by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1945. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
- "Waziristan District" by Lieutenant-Colonel B. B. Burke Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1925;44:3 pages 204-207. "Every officer must carry a loaded revolver when travelling on account of the possibility of fanatical attacks". Mentions military stations or camps at Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Manzai, Khirgi, Bannu, Idak, Damdil, Gardai and Razmak.
- "Notes on a Tour Through Waziristan" by Major A. D. Stirling Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1927;49:2 pages 143-151.
- Official History of Operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1936-37 by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1943. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
- Waziristan 1936-1937 : The problems of the North-West Frontiers of India and their Solutions by Lieut.-Colonel C. E. Bruce 1938 Archive.org
- "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 25th November 1936 to 16th January 1937 (1st Phase)" London Gazette Supplement 2 November 1937
- "Report on Operations In Waziristan, 16th January 1937 to 15th September 1937 (Second Phase)" London Gazette Supplement 18 February 1938
- "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th September 1937 to 15th December 1937 (Final Phase)" London Gazette Supplement 14 June 1938
- "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th December, 1937 to the 31st December, 1938" London Gazette Supplement 18 August 1939
- Imperial Policing by Major-General Sir Charles W Gwynn 1939 Archive.org (pdf). Also available as a pdf download, Digital Library of India. Includes Chapter 14, "Waziristan 1937" page 394.
- Brief Gazetteer of Most Important and Useful Place Names in Waziristan District 1935 is available to download as a pdf from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
