Pioneer Regiments, 1908 (c)

Watercolour by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919), 1908 (c).

Eleven figures from the following units: 34th Sikh Pioneers; 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment); 128th Pioneers; 23rd Sikh Pioneers; 64th Pioneers; 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers; 48th Pioneers; 81st Pioneers; 106th Hazara Pioneers; 107th Pioneers. Indian pioneer units repaired roads and bridges, worked on fortifications and trenches, moved supplies and carried out countless other engineering and logistical tasks.

This is the original artwork for an illustration in Major G F MacMunn's 'Armies of India', published in 1911.