‘Cairn on the site of Saragarhi Post’, no date
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1965-04-72-8
Description
‘Cairn on the site of Saragarhi Post. Photograph from an album of 24 photographs. Associated with 36th Sikhs 1890 and 4th Bn 11th Sikh Regiment 1937. The pyramidal monument, now collapsed, was reputed to have been constructed from stones from the Saragarhi outpost and raised on or near the site of the funeral pyre used to cremate the bodies of the dead defenders. Associated with the Siege of Saragarhi and the Battle of Samana, India, North West Frontier, Tirah Expeditionary Force (1897-1898).
Events
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)
Associated collection
