title: North Persia Force
text: # North Persia Force
  
  North Persia Force (Norper force) was a British military force that operated in Northern Persia from 1918–1919.
  
  ## Composition
  
  The force was a large brigade which consisted of:
  
  * 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
  * 1st Battalion, 42nd Deoli Regiment
  * 122nd Rajputana Infantry
  * 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
  * Guides Cavalry
  * A Battery (The Chestnut Troop) Royal Horse Artillery
  * No. 30 Squadron RAF
  * 15th Light Armoured Motor Battery
  * 31st Indian Pack Battery
  * 48th Divisional Signal Company
  * 19th Company 3rd Sappers and Miners
  * Reinforcements sent from Mesopotamia:
     * 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
     * 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
     * 2 platoons of the 1st Battalion, 67th Punjabis were based at Tabriz
  
  The force was commanded by Brigadier General Hugh Bateman-Champain who was based at Kasvin.
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ Moberly 1987, pp. 480–481.
  