Officers of 2nd Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles, at Camp La Valentin, Marseille, 1914

Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1914.

Both battalions of the 39th Garhwal Rifles were mobilized in August 1914 as part of the Garhwal Brigade of the Meerut Division. They landed at Marseille on 12-14 October and reached the trenches in France at the end of that month.