Awan (Punjabi Musalman) Sepoy of the 30th Punjabis, and a Lance Naik Malikdin Khel (Afridi) of the 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis), 1908 (c)
Watercolour by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919), 1908 (c).
The Lance Naik (in background) wears traditional sandal footwear while the sepoy wears standard army boots. Both men are armed with the Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifles (SMLE). Both of these regiments had arrived on the North West Frontier of India in February 1908, having previously taken part in the Allied intervention in China during the 3rd China War (Boxer Rebellion) of 1900.
This is the original artwork for an illustration in Major G F MacMunn's 'Armies of India', published in 1911.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1953-02-33-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1953-02-33-1
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