India frontier troops remembered in Dorchester
Dorset soldiers who lost their lives on the North West Frontier of India more than 100 years ago have been commemorated in Dorchester.
A service honoured 23 Dorsetshire Regiment soldiers who died defending British forts, at Tirah in 1897.
The two-year conflict saw close combat between Afridi tribesmen and the British authorities in India around the area of the Khyber Pass, between modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan.
26 Oct 2012
- From the section Dorset