Two Indian medical personnel at work in a laboratory, 1946

Photograph, India, 1946.

Founded in 1893, the Indian Medical Service became part of the Indian Army Medical Corps in 1943. The service was disbanded in August 1947 on Indian independence, although many of its Indian staff continued to work in the new Indian and Pakistani army medical services.

One of 233 official photographs collected by Captain Roy Wiltshire in his capacity as Editor of the Indian Army Review. The photographs mostly concern the Indian Army, India and the Far East, 1943 (c)-1946.