NAM.1953-02-23-1

Queen’s Own Corps of Guides (Lumsden’s) Infantry, Tanaoli (Pathan). Cavalry, Daffadar, Adam Khel (Afridi), 1908 (c). Watercolour, signed lower right by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919), 1908 (c). The original for the illustration opposite p66 of Major G F MacMunn’s 'Armies of India', published in 1911. Two dismounted figures, the sepoy with rifle butt on the ground; the daffadar with his hands clasped in front of him. The Queen’s own Corps of Guides were the first military force to adopt khaki as a service dress, in 1849. They consisted of a unique combination of infantry companies and cavalry squadrons. After World War One the infantry element was incorporated in the 12th Frontier Force Regiment and the Guides Cavalry formed a separate regiment.