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[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Tirah Campaign 1897-98]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date=10 June 1897-April 1898
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirah Tirah, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.798237,70.135386&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.798237°N 70.135386°E]
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afridi_(Pashtun) Afridi] & [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai] tribesmen
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lockhart_(Indian_Army_officer) Lt Gen Sir William Lockhart]
|commander2=
|strength1=12,400
|strength2=40-50,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
==Tirah Field Force==
FIRST DIVISION
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Col I.S.M.Hamilton CB DSO''<br>''Succeeded by Brig Gen R.Hart VC CB''<br>2nd Batt Derbyshire Regt<br>1st Batt Devonshire Regt<br>30th Punjab Infantry<br>2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB''<br>2nd Batt Yorkshire Regt<br>1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt<br>3rd Sikhs<br>2nd Batt 4th Gurkhas<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers<br>No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No2 (Kohat) Mountain Battery<br>No2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery<br>Two Coys Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>One Printing Section Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>28th Bombay Infantry<br>Nabha Regt Imperial Service Infantry<br>Mala Kotla Imperial Service Sappers<br>One Section British Field Hospital<br>One Native Field Hospital<br>
SECOND DIVISION
'''Third Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen F.J.Kempster DSO''<br>1st Batt Gordon Highlanders<br>1st Batt Dorsetshire Regt<br>15th Sikhs<br>1st Batt 2nd 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>No8 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery<br> Machinegun Detachment 16th Lancers<br>No4 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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirah_Campaign Wikipedia -Tirah Campaign]
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date=10 June 1897-April 1898
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirah Tirah, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.798237,70.135386&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.798237°N 70.135386°E]
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afridi_(Pashtun) Afridi] & [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai] tribesmen
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lockhart_(Indian_Army_officer) Lt Gen Sir William Lockhart]
|commander2=
|strength1=12,400
|strength2=40-50,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
==Tirah Field Force==
FIRST DIVISION
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Col I.S.M.Hamilton CB DSO''<br>''Succeeded by Brig Gen R.Hart VC CB''<br>2nd Batt Derbyshire Regt<br>1st Batt Devonshire Regt<br>30th Punjab Infantry<br>2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB''<br>2nd Batt Yorkshire Regt<br>1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt<br>3rd Sikhs<br>2nd Batt 4th Gurkhas<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>Two Squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers<br>No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No2 (Kohat) Mountain Battery<br>No2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery<br>Two Coys Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>One Printing Section Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>28th Bombay Infantry<br>Nabha Regt Imperial Service Infantry<br>Mala Kotla Imperial Service Sappers<br>One Section British Field Hospital<br>One Native Field Hospital<br>
SECOND DIVISION
'''Third Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen F.J.Kempster DSO''<br>1st Batt Gordon Highlanders<br>1st Batt Dorsetshire Regt<br>15th Sikhs<br>1st Batt 2nd 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>No8 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery<br> Machinegun Detachment 16th Lancers<br>No4 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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirah_Campaign Wikipedia -Tirah Campaign]
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0
