Shepherds in the Kurrum Valley, 1919

Photograph by Randolph Bezzant Holmes, India, North West Frontier, 1919.

The Kurrum Valley was one of the routes through the Hindu Kush used by the local tribesmen as they moved their animals between Afghanistan and the North West Frontier region of India. Randolph Bezzant Holmes (1888-1973) was a professional photographer who lived for over 50 years in the North West Frontier. His business was based in Peshawar from 1918 to 1947. He travelled extensively with both civil and military expeditions in the Himalayas and Central Asia.

From an album of 56 photographs, 9th Bn Middlesex Regiment, Waziristan, 1919 (c).