Research help needed ! 9th foot (Norfolk Regiment) Jowaki, India

[historysearch]

Can anyone assist me with finding out some history regarding the "Jowaki" campaign in India 1877-8. I know that there were two expeditions into this territory by a British force of 7400, but know very little else. internet searches seem to draw very little information.

Particularly interested in involvement by the 9th Foot (Norfolk Regiment)

Thanks in advance.

Glyn

[km1971]

Hi Glyn

They were the East Norfolk Regiment before 1881.

The campaign only lasted from 9th November 1877 to 19th January 1878. It was the 2nd Battalion of the 9th Regiment that took part. They plus the 51st Foot appear to be the only Imperial infantry involved. If you search on the London Gazette the only entry - http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24823/pages/2065 - gives details of only two brevet awards to men on the Bengal staff. Normally you would expect to find despatches from the officer commanding.

There is a link to a print available that appeared in the ILN of February 1878 - http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full/N7161907155.jpg

Luckily you can get free access to Gales News Vault for a few more days - http://find.galegroup.com/dvnw/start.do?prodId=DVNW&userGroupName=nlw2011 If you search for jowaki on ILN you get three hits. You can also check out The Times for articles.

Ken

[pjh80]

Hi Glyn,

I am currently researching an ancestor who took part in the Jowaki Campaign with the 9th Foot. There is some excellent information in Campaigns on the North-west Frontier by Captain H.L. Nevill (1912). It can be accessed free on archive.org at this link:

https://archive.org/details/campaignsonnorth00nevi/page/78?q=campaigns+on+the+North-west+frontier

There are also many newspaper articles on the campaign. There are 2 full pages of drawings in

The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, 23 Feb 1878, Sat,  6

I got those on newspapers.com - this is a pay site.


Padraig