Gymnastics display by members of 2nd Royal Battalion (Ludhiana Sikhs), 11th Sikh Regiment, Waziristan, 1936 (c)

Photograph, India, North West Frontier, 1936 (c).

Gymnastics helped develop soldierly qualities such as strength, leadership, fitness, initiative, endurance, esprit de corps, teamwork and independence.

From an album of 50 photographs associated with 2nd Royal Bn (Ludhiana Sikhs), 11th Sikh Regiment, Waziristan, India, North West Frontier (1920-1937).