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.[1] In 1914 at the start of World War I the composition of the brigade was:
Commander Major General Hugh O'Donnell
25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
33rd Punjabis
52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)
29 Mountain Battery[2]
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.[3]
^Sumner, p.9
^"Indian Army 1914". Orbat.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
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