Frontier soldiers giving an operational demonstration, 1944 (c)

Photograph, World War Two, India, North West Frontier, 1944 (c).

The Frontier Corps consisted of a number of scout units stationed in the tribal territories. They were spread out from the Pir Punjal and Karakoram ranges in the north, through the Kurrum Valley, Waziristan, Baluchistan, and to Iran in the southwest. The men of the scout units were recruited from various frontier tribes and their British officers were seconded from the Indian Army.

From a collection of 233 official photographs collected by Captain Roy Wiltshire in his capacity as Editor of the Indian Army Review.