Animal transport, 1919 (c)

Photograph, North West Frontier, India, 1919 (c).

Despite the wide scale use of motor transport in areas where the terrain permitted it, the British-Indian forces operating during the Revolt in Waziristan (1919-1920) still relied on pack animals like mules and camels to move the bulk of their supplies. The one-hump Arabian camel, or dromedary, was used by the British and Indian Armies for many years. Well adapted to the sort of barren terrain encountered in the frontier regions and able to walk for miles a day, they were vital beasts of burden.

From album of 96 photographs compiled by Lieutenant Frank Allen Hanson, 2nd Bn 61st King George's Own Pioneers, 1918-1919.