'3rd Bn. 2nd Bombay Pioneer. Meerut, 21st December 1928.'
Photograph, Meerut, 1928. Captioned, 'Group taken at the Final Inspection of the Battalion prior to the Reorganisation of Pioneers by H.E. the Commander-in-Chief.'
Rear row (left to right): Jemadar Karim Khan; Subadar Achhar Singh (Meritorious Service Medal); Subadar Binda Singh (Meritorious Service Medal); Subadar Abdul Latif Khan (Indian Order of Merit); Subadar Shadi Khan (Indian Distinguished Service Medal); Jemadar Munir Khan; Jemadar Sultan Khan; Subadar Laximanrao Ghag; Jemadar Daji Gujar; second row (seated, left to right): Captain W R Lloyd-Jones; Captain (later Brigadier) Robert Douglas Whitehill (1892-1977); Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Leonard William Henry Mathias (Distinguished Service Order); Major Henry Blackwell (OBE); Lieutenant-Colonel David Benjamin Gray (1884-1942; Military Cross); His Excellency Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood (1865-1951), Commander-in-Chief; Subadar Major Honorary Lieutenant Karam Singh Sardar Bahadur (Indian Distinguished Service Medal); Major Alfred William Pulverman; Captain Cubitt Archer Grant Rundle (1893-1979; Military Cross); Captain Gerard Lionel Tomkins (1894-1963; Military Cross); Captain Roger Willis Kearns; front row (left to right): Subadar Krishna Kalange; Jemadar Sohrab Khan; Jemadar Sirpati More; Captain George Stanley Newman; Jemadar Fateh Mohomed; Jemadar Nihal Khan; Jemadar Labh Singh.
From an album of photographs relating to the 28th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, 128th Pioneers, 2nd and 3rd Battalions Bombay Pioneers, 1889-1930.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1953-12-10-34
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1953-12-10-34
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