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
  • 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

References
  1. The second Afghan war, 1878-79-80 : its causes, its conduct and its consequences


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