DORSET soldiers who died on the North West Frontier of India 118 years ago will once again be remembered later this month.

The annual ceremony to remember the soldiers will take place at the Tirah Memorial in the Borough Gardens, Dorchester, on Wednesday, October 28 at 11am.

The service will be conducted again this year by Lay Minister David Bowen.

The Mayor will read the lesson and Colonel Andrew Edwards – the Rifles Colonel for Dorset – will lay the wreath.

All are invited to the ceremony, which is organised by Major Nick Speakman on behalf of the Keep Military Museum.

As we can see from these photos the ceremony is well attended.

To find out more about these brave men who lost their lives, people can visit the Keep Military Museum in Dorchester.

In 1897 a large Field Force of 36,000 British and India troops, including 1st Dorsets, was sent to the North West Frontier of India.

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.

The Dorsetshire Regiment was among the troops who were sent to the North Western Frontier in 1897 following serious unrest in the area and a series of attacks on forts.

They formed part of a field force of 36,000 who were sent to restore order.

Some 23 soldiers from the Dorsetshire regiment died on the frontier in 1897/1898.

One soldier, Private Sam Vickery, was awarded the regiment's only Victoria Cross, for gallantry.

His story is told at the Keep and as we can see in this photo he was carried by well wishers outside Dorchester Railway Station in 1898 when he returned.

In 2013 the memorial was cleaned and another name was added to it - that of Private C Reed. He was originally posted as “missing” immediately after the battle.

The discrepancy was discovered by Keep Military Museum volunteer John Pitman, when he compared the names on the brass plate in Sherborne Abbey with those on the Dorchester Memorial.