NAM.1997-12-12-284

‘Sig Hav and SIg Nk at Bn HQ at Mahsud Tower’, North West Frontier, India, 1937. Photograph, North West Frontier, India, 1937. A Havildar and Naik of the Indian Army with signalling equipment including a telescope and heliographs, in a stone sangar or emplacement. The photograph was taken during a road building operation in the Bhittani region. In September 1937 the construction of a road terminating at the main Bhittani settlement of Kot was initiated to help suppress unrest and end raiding into British controlled areas. The effect was to provoke more organised resistance from local tribes until peace terms were settled in late October 1937. From an album of 347 photographs compiled by Captain (later Major) Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India and UK, 1936-1937.

India, North West Frontier (1920-1937)