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Online Collection
Operations in Waziristan, 1902
Photograph, India, North West Frontier, 1902.
Soldiers of an Indian Army unit, possibly the 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force), man a hill top position. The sepoy on the right carries a Mance heliograph, a small mirror mounted on a tripod, that worked by reflecting sunlight in order to flash messages in Morse code.
From an album of 207 photographs compiled by B R Moberly, 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force), 1901-1925.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1977-09-67-44
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1977-09-67-44