DORSETSHIRE Regiment soldiers who lost their lives more than a century ago on the North West Frontier of India have been remembered.
People gathered to remember them at the Tirah Memorial in Dorchester’s Borough Gardens.
In 1897, following serious unrest on the North West frontier of India and a series of attacks on forts, a large field force of 36,000 British and India troops, including 1st Dorsets, was sent to the region to restore order.
During the campaign Private Sam Vickery was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry.
Curator of the Keep Military Museum, Christoper Copson, said: “It was good to see so many people at this year’s service.
“The Tirah Memorial is important because it reminds us of an episode in imperial history that would otherwise have been forgotten, in a part of the world the British Army is all too familiar with – Afghanistan.
“This memorial makes the direct link between the army today and their forebears of more than 100 years ago.”
A new information plaque was unveiled by Dorchester Mayor Cllr Peter Mann.
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