Peshawar Valley Field Force
The Peshawar Valley Field Force was a British field force of around 12,000 men, a mix of both British regiments and South Asian regiments, under the command of Sir Samuel J. Browne during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880).[1] The force fought at the Battle of Ali Masjid which was the first battle of the war.
At the start of the Second Anglo-Afghan War the Force was made up of the following:
Sir Samuel J. Browne (Overall Command of the Peshawar Valley Field Force)
- Cavalry Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier-General Sir Charles J. S. Gough
- 10th Royal Hussars (2 squadrons)
- 11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers
- Guide's Cavalry
- Royal Artillery
- Commander: Colonel W. J. Williams
- One Horse Battery
- One Field Battery
- Three Heavy Batteries
- Three Mountain Batteries
- First Infantry Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier-General Herbert T. MacPherson
- 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade
- 20th Brownlow's Punjabis
- 4th Gurkhas
- Second Infantry Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier-General John A. Tytler
- 1st Battalion Leicestershire
- Guides Infantry
- 51st Sikh
- Third Infantry Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier-General Frederick E. Appleyard
- 81st Loyal Lincolnshire Volunteers
- 14th Sikhs
- 27th Punjabis
- Fourth Infantry Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier-General W. Browne
- 51st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 6th Jat Light Infantry
- 45th Sikhs
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