‘Interior of Frontier Force Mess, Kohat’, 1938 (c)
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1965-04-64-19

Description

Photograph of the interior of the Frontier Force Mess, Kohat, 1938-1974 (c). The portrait on the right of the photograph is that of Maj Gen Sir John Coke, KCB, who originally raised the 1st Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1849 and commanded it at the Siege of Delhi, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). 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.

Events

Delhi, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)