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Photograph of the Saragarhi Memorial, 1906. The memorial commemorates the 1897 battle which took place on the Samana, a ridge of hills running east-west, south of the Khanki valley, marking the southern edge of the Tirah region of the North West Frontier. 21 men of the 36th Sikhs died fighting to the last against a large force of tribesmen. From an album of 200 photographs belonging to Maj Gilbert Valentine Farrell, 1904 (c)-1908 (c). Maj Gilbert Farrell served as 2nd Lieutenant with the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) on the North West Frontier, India.

Saragarhi, Battle of, 1897 (India, North West Frontier, Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-1898), Samana, Battle of, 1897 (India, North West Frontier, Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-1898)