An armoured car on patrol, 1919 (c)

Photograph by Randolph Bezzant Holmes (1888-1973), India, North West Frontier, 1919 (c).

Armoured cars greatly increased the firepower of the British on the frontier. They were used to patrol areas and harry retreating tribesmen. However, the lack of roads on the frontier limited their operational use. There was also a problem, never fully resolved, about how they would work alongside the traditional cavalry.

From an album of 43 photographs, 1920 (c)-1925. Compiled by Major G A Clarke, 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment), and 2/2 Bombay Pioneers.