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'Into the sunset', SS Ranchi, 1937

Photograph, 1937.

Captain (later Major) Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, travelling home to England on furlough, 1937-1938.

The SS Ranchi, the Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company ocean liner leaving Bombay for the voyage back to England. The SS Ranchi was launched in 1925 and served with the Royal Navy during World War Two (1939-1945) and was eventually scrapped in 1953.

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. 1997-12-12-300

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1997-12-12-300