Bannu Brigade

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:


 * Commander Major General O’Donnell
 * 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
 * 33rd Punjabis
 * 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
 * 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)
 * 29 Mountain Battery

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.