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	The '''Bannu Brigade''' was formed after the 1903 [[Kitchener Reforms\|reforms]] of the [[British Indian Army]] by [[Herbert Kitchener]] when he was [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]. The brigade was part of the [[Northern Command (India)\|Northern Army]] and deployed along the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North West Frontier]].<ref>Sumner, p.9</ref> In 1914 at the start of [[World War I]] the composition of the brigade was:		The '''Bannu Brigade''' was formed after the 1903 [[Kitchener Reforms\|reforms]] of the [[British Indian Army]] by [[Herbert Kitchener]] when he was [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]. The brigade was part of the [[Northern Command (India)\|Northern Army]] and deployed along the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North West Frontier]].<ref>Sumner, p.9</ref> In 1914 at the start of [[World War I]] the composition of the brigade was:

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The '''Bannu Brigade''' was formed after the 1903 [[Kitchener Reforms|reforms]] of the [[British Indian Army]] by [[Herbert Kitchener]] when he was [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]. The brigade was part of the [[Northern Command (India)|Northern Army]] and deployed along the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]].<ref>Sumner, p.9</ref> In 1914 at the start of [[World War I]] the composition of the brigade was:

*Commander Major General O’Donnell
**[[12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)|25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)]]
**[[33rd Punjabis]]
**[[52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
**[[55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]
**[[29 Mountain Battery]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-09-09 |title=Indian Army 1914 |publisher=Orbat.com |url=http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |archivedate=2009-09-09 }}</ref>

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]].<ref>[https://billiongraves.com/grave/Vere-Bonamy-Fane/22802120 Major General Sir Vere Bonamy Fane KCB KCIB]</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|World War I|World War II}}
* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

[[Category:Brigades of India in World War I]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1903]]

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