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Major Robert Lumsden Ricketts, Adjutant and Officiating Commandant, Imperial Cadet Corps, 1912

Photograph, India, 1912.

The Imperial Cadet Corps was formed from the sons of the Indian nobility and acted as a bodyguard on state occasions. They first appeared in this capacity at the Durbar of 1903, and accompanied King George V and Queen Mary as part of the bodyguard at their 1911 Delhi Durbar.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1976-10-20-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1976-10-20-1