124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry, 'The Quarter Guard', 1908 (c)

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

This illustration depicts three figures, one on sentry duty (a Punjabi Musalman from Khattak), another standing in the background, and a lance naik (from Hazara) leaning against the Guard Room gateway, in the shade. During the 1922 reorganisation of the Indian Army, the 124th were designated the 1st Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment.

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