NAM.1965-04-64-184

Photograph of the farewell to Hon Capt and Subadar Maj Mohd Aziz OBI, 5th Bn (Vaughan's), 13th Frontier Force Rifles, on his retirement, Jhansi, 1946. A young soldier in World War One (1914-1918), he was the Subadar Major of the Battalion throughout World War Two (1939-1945). The men in the background are possibly Lt Col N J B Stuart and Hon Lt and Subadar Maj Mahant Ram OBI (Aziz's successor as Subadar Major). From a photograph album of 328 photographs, 1938-1974 (c). The album was originally compiled by Capt Hubert Gervais Lennox Brain, 6th Royal Bn, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Instructor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1938. Presented by the Officers of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles, to The Royal Military College, Sandhurst, to give Cadets who wished to join the Indian Army an idea of life in the regiment.

World War One (1914-1918), World War Two (1939-1945)