Tanga | Heroes of EA WW1

Taking Tanga & Mopping up German troops to Pangani 1916

Supply lorries were fired upon, motor ambulances blown up by mines, telegraph & telephone wires cut.

Fight for Zuganatto Bridge - 15 & 15 June 1916

At the end of the Spring rains in 1916 British Columns under General Smuts pushed south down the Pangani River and the Usambara railway line

Three Indian Orders of Merit awarded for hard fighting at Jasin - 18 January 1915

conspicuous gallantry in going back about 40 yards 4 times under the close fire of 3 machine guns, to bring up the side shields of his gun..

13th Rajputs fight on both days in the Tanga Battle - 3&4 November 1914

The Rajputs came under effective enemy fire when they approached the railway cutting.

101st Grenadiers left to fight it out alone at Tanga - 3rd November 1914

During the British advance on Tanga the 101st Grenadiers a sound and steady unit, were deployed on the left of the British lines.

Kashmir Rifles in the thick of the fighting at Tanga - 4 November 1914

the British advanced on Tanga town with the 2nd Kashmir Rifles on the right flank and the 3rd Kashmir Rifles immediately to the left.

Conductor W. Preston‘s gallantry suffers 300 bee stings in the head at Tanga - 4 November 1914

3rd Kashmir Rifles suffered severely, but used their puggarees (cloth bands wound around head dress) as protection & remained in action

An East African Intelligence Department Officer at the Tanga Landing

A resident of East Africa & an Indian intelligence officer were selected to land ahead of the invasion to obtain vital information...

The Loyal North Lancashire's at Tanga - 2 - 5 November 1914

In the early months of the Great War Britain decided to send Indian Expeditionary Force ‘B’ (IEF ‘B’) across the Indian Ocean to deliver...

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