'Four Subadar Majors, 3rd or 53rd Sikhs', 'Jullundur, 1909/10'

Photograph, India, 1909.

From left to right: Subadar Major Lehna Singh (Indian Order of Merit)Sirdar Bahadur; Subadar Major Atar Singh Sirdar Bahadur, 76th Punjabis; Subadar Major Bakshish Singh Sirdar Bahadur; Subadar Major Mit Singh (Indian Order of Merit) Sirdar Bahadur.

The 3rd Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade was raised in the winter of 1846/1847. It was quickly redesignated the 3rd Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry, and became part of the Punjab Irregular Force (the Piffers) in 1851. In 1857 the unit became the 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry. The regiment fought in the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and in the Tirah expedition (1897-1898). The regiment was renamed the 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) in 1903 as part of Lord Kitchener's reforms of the Indian Army.

From an album of 44 photographs compiled by officers of 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs), 12th Frontier Regiment, redesignated the 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), 1909-1922.