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The Tirah Field Force consisted of some 34,882 men, British and Indian, plus another 20,000 non-combatant supporters - drivers, cooks, servants etc. We include a contemporary list of the main military participants to show the kind of strength which the British Army could draw upon in India. At the time this list was drawn up (1897), it was customary to use the broad term "native" to describe indigenous troops. |
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Lieutenant General commanding the Force: General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart. K.C.B; KC.S.I. THE MAIN COLUMN FIRST DIVISION Commander: Brigadier General William Penn Symons FIRST BRIGADE Commander: Brigadier General Sir Ian Hamilton. He broke his leg after falling from his horse in the Kohat Pass and was replaced by Brigadier General Reginald Clare Hart, VC. 2nd Battalion The Derbyshire Regiment 1st Battalion The Devonshire Regiment 2nd/1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment 30th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry No. 6 British Field Hospital No 34 Native Field Hospital SECOND BRIGADE Commander: Brigadier General Alfred Gaselee 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment 2nd Battalion 4th Gurkha (Rifle) regiment 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force Sections A and B of No. 8 British Field Hospital Sections A and C of No. 14 British Field Hospital No. 51 Native Hospital DIVISIONAL TROOPS Three officers with 20 men - Gurkha Scouts No.1 Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery No.2 (Derajat) Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery No. 1 (Kohat) Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery Two Squadrons 18th Regiment Bengal Lancers 28th Regiment , Bombay Infantry (Pioneers) Two companies, Bombay Sappers and Miners The Karpurthala Regiment of Imperial Service Infantry The Maler Kotla Imperial Service Sappers No.13 British Field Hospital - Section A No 63 Native Field Hospital SECOND DIVISION Commander: Major General A. G. Yeatman-Biggs THIRD BRIGADE Commander: Brigadier General 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion 2nd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment 15th (The Ludhiana Sikh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry No 24 British Field Hospital No. 44 Native Field Hospital FOURTH BRIGADE Commander: Brigadier General R. Westmacott 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion 3rd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment 36th (Sikh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry Sections C and D of No. 9 Field Hospital Sections A and B of No 23 British Field Hospital No. 48 Native Field Hospital DIVISIONAL TROOPS No. 8 Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery No. 9 Mountain battery, Royal Artillery No. 5 (Bombay) Mountain battery Machine Gun Detachment, 16th Lancers Two Squadrons 18th Regiment of Bengal Lancers 21st Regiment of Madras Infantry (Pioneers) No. 4 Company Madras Sappers and Miners The Jhind Regiment of Imperial Service Infantry The Sirmur Imperial Service Sappers Section B of No. 13 British Field Hospital No. 43 Native Field Hospital. In addition, an extensive Line of Communication Force was set up plus additional Companies to be used as needed and a Reserve Brigade. |
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31 July, 2009
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