British officers, Gurkha NCOs and Riflemen of the 4th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment, 1880 (c)

Photograph, India, 1880 (c).

Raised in 1857, the 4th Regiment's first major campaign was the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and many of the men depicted here wear their campaign medals from that conflict. The regiment also saw much service on the North East Frontier of India from the 1870s onwards.

From an album of 64 photographs compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel C A Mercer, 4th Gurkha Rifle Regiment, India 1879-1894.