'1st Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers).', 1893

Photograph by Frederick Bremner (1863-1941), India, 1893.

Four signallers from 1st Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers) with heliograph, telescope and signalling flags.

The photograph is captioned (from left to right): 'Havildar. (Konkani Mahratta).', 'Lance-Naick. (Bombay Musalman), 'Subadar-Major. (Dekhani Musalman)., and 'Havildar. (Konkani Mahratta).'; with joint caption, 'Drill Order (Khaki) Signalling on the Hillside'.

Bremner, born in Scotland, worked for his brother-in-law G W Lawrie's photographic company in Lucknow, India from 1883 to 1891. Bremner established his own studios in Quetta and Rawalpindi. By 1905 he was operating in Quetta and Lahore, and in 1911 he also had a studio in the hill station at Simla.

From an album entitled, 'Types of the Indian Army'; 'Bengal and Punjab Armies', an album of 60 photographs produced in Quetta, India 1897. The album shows the uniforms and weapons of the Indian Army, 'Illustrating the races enlisted in the Bengal, Punjab, Madras & Bombay Armies, Dedicated (By permission) To His Excellency General Sir George Stewart [sic] White V.C., G.C.I.E., K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief in India.'.