NAM.1979-06-177-1

Coloured photograph taken by Lady M Wheeler, 1979; showing the site of the Battle of Maiwand, the area on which the Berkshire Regiment and the 2nd (The Prince of Wales’s Own) Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers) made their last stand, the graves of the Afghan dead and the Afghan Victory Column. Associated with the Battle of Maiwand, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), 27 Jul 1880.

Maiwand, Battle of, 1880 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)