Quartermaster-General's Group, February 1880
Photograph by John Burke, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), 1880.
This photograph depicts several senior British officers from the campaign. Quartermaster-General Charles MacGregor is shown second from right. MacGregor served as Roberts' chief-of-staff during the campaign and commanded the 3rd Brigade during the famous march from Kabul to Kandahar. The figure resting his elbow on a copy of 'The Gazetteer of Central Asia', based on MacGregor's extensive travels in the region, is Quartermaster-General Sir Henry Collett, a noted botanist, as well as a soldier. Across from him sits Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts the commander of the Kurram Field Force and later the Kabul and Kandahar Field Force.
From an album of 60 photographs by John Burke.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1955-04-41-51
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1955-04-41-51