'15th Sikhs', India, 1905 (c)

Photograph, India, 1905 (c).

Three mounted officers lead a column of the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs.

The officer on the right is identified as Lieutenant (later Major) Hubert Rowley Hadow (1884-1968).

The photograph is from an album compiled by Captain Alexander Masters, 34th Sikh Pioneers. Masters was born in West Bengal but was educated at Bedford and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He received a commission with the Leicester Regiment in 1903 but returned to India as a captain with the 34th Sikh Pioneers. He served on the North West Frontier. In 1914, with the outbreak of World War One (1914-1918), the 34th formed part of the 3rd (Lahore) Division of the Indian Expeditionary Force, deployed to the Western Front. Masters was killed in action on 23 November 1914, at Festubert. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records his grave at the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, in the Pas de Calais, France.

From a photograph album containing 371 photographs compiled by Captain Alexander Masters, 34th Sikh Pioneers, 1905-1911 (c).