'Tentpegging near Caulaincourt Interrupted by Hun bombs!', France, 1917

Photograph, World War One (1914-1918), 1917.

Indian lancers tent-pegging at Caulaincourt on the Western Front.

The Indian Corps started to arrive at Marseille from 30 September 1914. While Indian infantry units were transferred to Mesopotamia in 1915, Indian cavalry units remained on the Western Front.

From a photograph album inscribed on cover, 'Presented by the 19th KGV'S Own Lancers Ex-Officers Reunion Association 1958'.