A sepoy of the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 1943 (c)

Photograph, World War Two, India, 1943 (c).

An Indian soldier stands to attention in full battle kit. The rank and file of the regiment, and its Indian officers, were Mahrattas of the Maharashtra region, consisting of the Konkan and Deccan areas of south-western India.

From an album of 37 photographs associated with 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, compiled by Major C W Boultwood.