5th February 1923 – ON THIS DAY IN ROYAL WELCH HISTORY
1 RWF action at Split Hill Piquet Waziristan [now in Pakistan] 1923
In December 1921 the battalion joined the Waziristan Field Force to subdue the Mahsuds. It was mainly engaged in low-level operations. On 5 February it occupied a permanent piquet on Split Hill. It was soon under heavy attack by tribesmen. The battalion could not withdraw whilst some of the wounded lay out under enemy fire. For their part in rescuing the wounded, four fusiliers won MMs. The battalion withdraw after dark having lost six men.
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