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Issue 14.  SEPTEMBER 2002 .  
Afghanistan and the North West Frontier

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Issue 14.  September 2002
Afghanistan and the North West Frontier
The Green Howards During the Third Afghan War 1919
& the Waziristan Campaigns of 1936-1937, 1937-1939
This issue of the Newsletter of the Friends of the Green Howards Regimental Museum is well illustrated with a large number of photographs taken at the time. Some of the early photographs are unique, showing soldiers of the Green Howards campaigning in the North West Frontier. These photographs are personal, and many appear to have been taken unofficially.
A collection of recently discovered negatives has been specially scanned in, and are now seen by a wider audience for the first time.
     
Tribal Lands
   An introduction to the North West Frontier, which saw the Green Howards involved in one war and two campaigns against the Pathans between the two World Wars.
 
The Third Afghan War, 1919    The origins of the war, and the involvement of the Green Howards. A description of the Pathan tribesmen against whom they fought.
 
The Afghan Army, The British Indian Forces, the Khyber Pass, and the Fight Along the Khyber    A description of the opposing forces and the fighting that took place in the vicinity of the Kabul River and the country West of Dakka.
 
Green Howards in Action.
The War Draws to its Conclusion, Peace Negotiations, and Peace At Last		    A description of the action involving the Green Howards.
The activities which led to Peace being signed at rawalpindi on 8 August 1919.
 
Air Power in Afghanistan    The Third Afghan war involved the use of British Military aircraft in support of the ground troops. A description is given of the aircraft employed, and the manner in which they were used.
 
Soldiers' Rations and Daily Life in Dakka Camp    How the men of the Green Howards fared on a daily basis.
 
Beyond the Khyber Pass    An article written for the Green Howards Gazette by Captain John Parry in September 1923 on the type of action in which the troops of the Green Howards were involved.
 
Albert Edward Gill    Research by John Sly showed that this man had a distinguished military career in the Green Howards, including time served in the Third Afghan War, which he then ruined by a solitary offence in 1936.
 
Murder in Khohat   The abduction of Molly Ellis by Afridi brigands, and her subsequent rescue.
 
Life in Indian Cantonments   An edited version of an article by Colonel J M Forbes, published in the Green Howards Gazette in July 1978.
 
The Waziristan Campaign   A discussion on the Fakir of Ipi, and the operations undertaken against him. The description of the action taken against the Fakir was transcribed from a tape recording made by Colonel H A Styles shortly before he died in June 2001.
 
Active Service on the North West Frontier, 1936-1938   A description of actual service on the North West Frontier by Private Steve Donnelly, as published in the Green Howards gazette of September 1982.
 
A Letter from Razmak   An excerpt from a letter written by Major J S Branscombe to his wife after action against the Fakir of Ipi's headquarters in July 1938.
 
An Old Soldier Reminisces   A transcription from a tape made by Colonel Wally Pryke especially for this edition of the Newsletter. This provides a very full and detailed account of his service with the regiment in the North West Frontier.
 
Awards of the Military Medal   A description of the award of the Military Medal to Corporal C Balkeld and Lance-Corporal W A Cooper. A description of the medal struck for service on the North West Frontier in the two campaigns of 1936 - 1939 is also give.

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