The Peshawar Valley Field Force was a British field force of around 12,000 men, a mix of both British regiments and South Asian regiments, under the command of Sir Samuel J. Browne during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880). The force fought at the Battle of Ali Masjid which was the first battle of the war.
At the start of the Second Anglo-Afghan War the Force was made up of the following:
Sir Samuel J. Browne (Overall Command of the Peshawar Valley Field Force)
Cavalry Brigade
Commander: Brigadier-General Sir Charles J. S. Gough
10th Royal Hussars (2 squadrons)
11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers
Guide's Cavalry
Royal Artillery
Commander: Colonel W. J. Williams
One Horse Battery
One Field Battery
Three Heavy Batteries
Three Mountain Batteries
First Infantry Brigade
Commander: Brigadier-General Herbert T. MacPherson
4th Battalion Rifle Brigade
20th Brownlow's Punjabis
4th Gurkhas
Second Infantry Brigade
Commander: Brigadier-General John A. Tytler
1st Battalion Leicestershire
Guides Infantry
51st Sikh
Third Infantry Brigade
Commander: Brigadier-General Frederick E. Appleyard
81st Loyal Lincolnshire Volunteers
14th Sikhs
27th Punjabis
Fourth Infantry Brigade
Commander: Brigadier-General W. Browne
51st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
6th Jat Light Infantry
45th Sikhs
