Sikkim Expedition 1888
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Sikkim Expedition | |
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1888 | |
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
Location: Sikkim | |
Combatants: | |
British Field Force | Tibetans |
Result: British victory | |
Medals: India General Service medal Clasp: Sikkim 1888 | |
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Category: Sikkim Expedition 1888 | |
See our interactive map of Sikkim Expedition 1888 locations and routes on Google Maps |
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Summary
In response to the proposed Macaulay Mission to Tibet the Tibetans cross the Sikkim border via the Jelep Pass and established a fortified post. The Government of India despatched a field force which won a series of engagements before the conclusion of the Anglo-Chinese Convention.
Sikkim Field Force
Commanded by Brig-Gen Thomas Graham RA
- 32nd Bengal Pioneers (Musbee Sikhs) (700 men) Lt-Col Sir Benjamin Bromhead
- Two coys 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment (200 men) Capt Harold Wylly
- HQ wing 13th Bengal Infantry (400 men) Lt-Col Mitchell
- 9-1st Northern DivisionRoyal Artillery (4 guns) Major Keith
- Medical Officers and Transport
- Total 1300 men with artillery
Reinforced August 1888 by
- 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment (200 men) Lt-Col McCleverty
- 2nd Battalion 1st Regiment of Gurkhas (600 men) Lt-Col Rogers
- 9-1st Northern DivisionRoyal Artillery (2 guns)
Reinforced October 1888 by
- One Coy Bengal Sappers and Miners Capt Sandbach RE
Field detachments
Lingtu Column
- 32nd Bengal Pioneers (300 men)
- 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment (100 men)
- 9-1st Northern DivisionRoyal Artillery (2 guns)
Intchi Column
- 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment (100 men)
- 13th Bengal Infantry (300 men)
- 9-1st Northern DivisionRoyal Artillery (2 guns)
Reserve
- 13th Bengal Infantry (100 men)
- 32nd Bengal Pioneers (400 men)
External links
Sikkim Expedition Medals and Their History - Google Books
Sikkim Expedition Britain and Tibet 1765-1947 - Google Books
Sikkim Map rootsweb.ancestry.com
Historical books online
- Report On The Sikhim Expedition by Lieutenant C. J. Markham 1890. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: Report on the Sikkim Expedition from January 1888 to January 1890, prepared by the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General in India.
- "General Graham’s Expedition 1888" page 50, Frontier And Overseas Expeditions From India Volume IV North and North-Eastern Frontier Tribes. 1907 Archive.org.
- The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888 by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org
- "A North-East Frontier Cemetery" by W J Buchanan page 6, Bengal, Past and Present Vol 9 July-Dec 1914. Gnatong on the trade route from Sikkhim to Tibet. Archive.org, mirror from ASI/IGNCA. Mentions the Connaught Rangers soldiers in the cemetery, whose role is briefly covered in Markham's 1890 Report Archive.org.