George Roos-Keppel
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Sir George Olaf Roos-Keppel, was a British military officer who served in the capacities of Political Agent to the Governor-General in Kurram and Khyber, and later as Chief Commissioner, North West Fr
George Roos Keppel
Third Anglo-Afghan War
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The Third Anglo-Afghan War, also known as the Third Afghan War, the British-Afghan War of 1919, and in Afghanistan as the War of Liberation, was a short war which began on 3 May and ended on 8 August
George Roos-Keppel
…Governor-General in Kurram and Khyber, and later as Chief Commissioner, North West Frontier Province from 1908 till 1919. He is also known for his role in 3rd Afghan War. Roos was born in the Park Lane area of London, the son of Gustaf Ehrenreich Roos, a Swedish merchant in England, and his wife, Elizabeth Annie Roffey…
Soldiers in action at Kohat during the war
Afghan warriors in 1922
A Royal Air Force Handley Page Type O bomber, with its wings folded back
2nd/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, North-West Frontier 1923