53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) on Parade, Jullundur, 1909 (c)
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1952-12-4-13

Description

‘Jullundur 1909/10 53rd Sikhs (F.F.) on Parade’. Photograph, India, 1909 (c). Colonel Sir Charles Melliss VC at the front of the 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), on parade in Jullundur, India, 1909 (c). The British officers are identified as (from left to right): Douglas Rainsford-Hannay, Major Charles H Davies; Clement A Milward, Shepherd, Smart, Macartney and H G A Pearson; Geoffrey Tomes, Watts, White, Chapman and Bruce. The Indian officers in the front row are named as Ramzan Khan; Sarban Singh; Mangal Singh; Arsla Khan, Mehr Wali; Ganga Singh; Surat Singh; Said Ali; Mola SIngh; Faiz Talab; and Santa Singh. From an album of 44 photographs compiled by officers of 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs), 12th Frontier Regiment, re-designated the 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), 1909-1922. Associated with the 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force).