Indian Girl Guides, Quetta, 1938
Photograph, India, 1938.
The Girl Guides Association were established in 1910 by Agnes Baden-Powell, sister of the founder of modern scouting Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell. Legend has it that Baden-Powell named the new organisation the Girl Guides after the Indian Army's famous Corps of Guides a regiment he had served alongside when stationed on the subcontinent.
From a group of 720 photographs collected by Colonel F T Birdwood OBE, Indian Army, 1916-45.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1994-05-50-309
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1994-05-50-309
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