1st 4th Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Bareilly 1915.
[Ranikhet].
[Abdulla Khan, photographer], [1915].
Oblong 8vo.
24 black and white photographs mounted on twelve leaves. Sewn, as issued, in original publisher's printed red wrappers. Rubbed and creased, a trifle bowed.
An unrecorded publication comprised of 24 evocative photographs, primarily group shots, of members of the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, whilst stationed at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, during the first year of the Great War.
1/4th Battalion, formed in Truro, made up part of the Devon and Cornwall Brigade in Wessex Division. They sailed for India late 1914 and landed in Bombay on 10th November 1914 and remained there until 1916 where they moved to Aden 1916-1917 and then finished out the war in Egypt 1917-1918.
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref: 27136
1/4th Battalion, formed in Truro, made up part of the Devon and Cornwall Brigade in Wessex Division. They sailed for India late 1914 and landed in Bombay on 10th November 1914 and remained there until 1916 where they moved to Aden 1916-1917 and then finished out the war in Egypt 1917-1918.
