The Bannu Brigade was formed after the 1903 reforms of the British Indian Army by Herbert Kitchener when he was Commander-in-Chief, India . The brigade was part of the Northern Army and deployed along the North West Frontier . In 1914 at the start of World War I the composition of the brigade was:
4-626: The brigade was involved in the Operations in the Tochi between November 1914 and March 1915 when it was commanded by Major-General Vere Bonamy Fane . This World War I article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about the British Indian Army is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Operations in the Tochi The Operations in
8-569: The Khostwal tribesmen, Captain Jotham, who was commanding a party of about a dozen of the North Waziristan Militia , was attacked in a nullah and almost surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen. He gave the order to retire, and could have himself escaped, but most gallantly sacrificed his own life by attempting to effect the rescue of one of his men who had lost his horse. He
12-700: The Tochi (28 November 1914–27 March 1915) were carried out by the Indian Army during World War I on the North West Frontier . The Tochi river flows East from the tribal territories, through North Waziristan , to join the Kurram and the Indus rivers. On the 28 and 29 November a raid by 2,000 tribesmen from Khost was defeated by the North Waziristan Militia near Miranshah , on the Tochi. The next January
16-613: The militia again defeated a raid by tribesmen which had attacked Spina Khaisora . On 25–26 March a force of over 7,000 tribesmen, threatened Miranshah , but was defeated by the Bannu Brigade together with the local militia. It was during these operations when Captain Eustace Jotham was awarded the Victoria Cross . For most conspicuous bravery on 7th January, 1915, at Spina Khaisora ( Tochi Valley ). During operations against
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