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'The "Better 'ole" Alex Moore at Home', North West Frontier, India, 1937

The caption of the photograph is a reference to a World War One (1914-1918) cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in which two British 'Tommies' shelter in a shell hole during a bombardment on the Western Front.

From an album of 347 photographs compiled by Captain (later Major) Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India and UK, 1936-1937.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1997-12-12-193

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1997-12-12-193