IGS Waziristan 1894/5 Pte Baker 2nd Border Regt

Indian General Service Medal clasp Waziristan 1894/96 named in script 1304 PTE A BAKER 2ND BN BORDER REGT.Confirmed on the rolls. Brigadier-General Turner commanded the Indian Army force surprised in the camp at Wana. Lieutenant-General Sir William Lockhart commanded the Waziristan Field Force that inflicted reprisals on the Mahsud Tribe following the Wana attack. The Mahsud tribesmen that attacked the Wana camp were led by the Mullah Powindah. There was no identifiable Mahsud leadership during the British incursion into Mahsud country.The Indian Army force attacked at the camp at Wana numbered around 2,500 men. The 3 brigades that formed the Waziristan Field Force numbered in all around 8,000 men. Probably around 2,000 tribesmen attacked the camp at Wana on 3rd November 1894.