Khyber Pass India

[Maggie May]

Managed to download these today .

It is the camp where William Nicholls was..

Pretty remote looking place and hope it was warm since sleeping in tents.

maggie May

[FROGSMILE]

Managed to download these today .

It is the camp where William Nicholls was..

Pretty remote looking place and hope it was warm since sleeping in tents.

maggie May

Great images Maggie, thank you for posting them. Very typical of the NW Frontier of India. It has not changed much for 100s of years and the soldiers of today would recognise it well.

[trajan]

Nice photographs, and thanks for posting! I would have thought that there would be more bell tents!

[MaureenE]

From a comparison with some other photos, I think it is veryl ikely that the photos above were taken during the 3^rd Afghan War in 1919 and that at least the 2^nd posted above, and possibly both were taken at Ali Masjid

The National Army Museum has a photograph titled Ali Masjid 1919. http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1963-09-633-5

I think it is the same location as the 2^nd photograph postrd above., but a slightly different angle.

(Part of the collection compiled by by Major G A Clarke, 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment). http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/results.php?searchType=simple&acc=1963-09-633 }

Another photo of Ali Masjid by Randolph Bezzant Holmes is http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/holmes/http---example-com-exhibits-sh/item/17641

This shows a group of tents in the top left hand corner, up near the fort, and I wonder whether this is where the !st photo above is taken, from a different anglr, with the fort to the top right

(Part of the collection Randolph Bezzant Holmes Photographs Duke University Libraries http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/holmes )

There must also be a possibility that Mary May's photographs were also taken by Randolph Bezzant Holmes, as in those times soldiers (and the general public) quite often bought photographic prints.

Cheers

Maureen

[TonyWBaxter]

Hi.

How intresting to see these photos. My Grand dad was in that area with the 2nd Batt King's Liverpool Regt. I know my dad and 2 of his brothers were born out in India and I have a copy of dads christening certificate from the army.

But there are no photos of the family out there.

Tony Baxter

[Maggie May]

Tony if you go the uniform and badges section you will find a topic there from me about William Nicholls that served there if you scroll down you will find part of a book I have put on there writen by my Father inlaw covering India etc very interesting too many pages to write the whole thing but have a look . I do have a couple more photos of the Kyber pass as well.

Maggie may

[Maggie May]

Hi Maureen thanks for putting the photos up for me to see they are very interesting . Have two more here and they look similar to what you have shown . My husbands grandfather was there in April 1919 with the 59 pony corps

Cheers

Maggie May.

[MaureenE]

For the information of others reading this thread, the other thread you mention is “what rank are these uniforms”

 

Great photos and your father-in law’s account very interesting

I note in 1919 when the photos above were taken, your grandfather-in law was with the 59th Pony Corps, which was then part of the Supply & Transport Corps (S&T Corps}

I agree with Frogsmile’s comments that you should contact a museum to see whether they are interested in the story and photographs and I would add the Imperial War Museums http://www.iwm.org.uk (who have a number of online photographs and online interviews on their website in respect of India, particularly during the inter-war years.)

Cheers

Maureen