Officer.
British Indian Army,
4th Bengal Cavalry.
1897.
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Officer.
British Indian Army.
2nd Bengal Lancers.
1897.
Illustration: FRONTISPIECE
Officer.
British Indian Army.
7th Bombay Lancers.
1897. Pencil note identifies him as
Risaldar Mir Haider Shah Khan.
Illustration: FRONTISPIECE
This Article is one of an occasional series
on Uniforms of The British Indian Army.
Wow! These uniforms (and leather gloves, and leather boots ). look like they would be intensely uncomfortable in the legendary summer India subcontinent heat! -Note by Dante P
ReplyDeleteA most interesting observation, Dante P. Thank you.
DeleteOne assumes that one “suffered quietly for the good of the Regiment and for one's Queen and Country” ?