Sikh Collection (page 3)

Indian troops arriving in France, WW1
Indian troops arriving in France (Marseilles) during the early stages of the First World War. Date: September 1914

An Indian soldier
A Sikh Indian soldier. Date: circa 1913

Indian Watchman (Choakee-dar or Chow Kidar). Date: 1828

Troops of British Empire Indian Contingent. Date: circa 1908

Native Indian Hunter (Rajpoot Shikaree) - Govind Singh. Date: circa 1910

Colonial Indian Troops digging trenches on the Western Front Date: circa 1915

Indian Sepoy soldiers at the Western Front - WWI
Colonial Indian Sepoy officer and soldiers travel by train to the the Western Front - WWI Date: circa 1917

Indian Troops in France en route to the front - WWI Date: circa 1915

Indian Camel Cavalry with Sikh cavalryman. The camel has a neck band covered in small bells. Date: circa 1910s

Chow Kidar - Indian Night Watchman Date: circa 1910s

Museum display of British soldiers with machine gun
A museum display of dummy British soldiers with various means of transport and a Vickers machine gun. Date: 20th century

Indian Barber
An Indian Barber Date: circa 1910s

36th Sikhs at Tsing-Tao
The 36th Sikh regiment land at Tsing-Tao, China, formerly a German naval base, but which had been taken the previous month by a joint Japanese and British operation

Indian Orderly
A very smart Indian Orderly/Manservant, holding a book or ledger

Indian Town crier beating his drum

Bird Shop at Ambala, India
Bird Shop with birdseller (selling birds and cages) at Ambala, India

Indian Dancing Girls in traditional pose or attitude. The two musicians to either side are playing the bowed stringed instrument known as a Sarangi

Sikhs flee from West to East Punjab
A Sikh man with his children in one of the caravans leaving the West Punjab region for the comparative safety of the East Punjab

Partition. Muslim women and children pouring across the fro
Muslim women and children escaping the Sikh Jathas, pouring over the frontier border into Pakistan having heard about atrocities and violence following Partition in 1947

Partition. Refugees crossing the border between Pakistan
A lorryload of Sikh and Hindu refugees about to cross the Wagah Bridge between Pakistan and India to escape the mass killings and atrocities between Muslims

Partition - burning towns and villages in East Punjab
Aerial view above the East Punjab showing towns and village inhabited by Muslims which have been burned by Sikh Jathas (warriors) seeking to rid the area of Muslims

Refugees leave East Punjab to head to India
A heavily-laden bullock cart transporting an extended Sikh refugee family fleeing the communal rioting and additional violence in the East Punjab region associated with the Partition of India

Guardians of the Sikh Refugee caravan
Armed Sikh men on horseback act as the self-appointed guardians fo the column of refugees travelling from East Punjab to Pakistan and safety following the partition of india

Sikh Family fleeing to East Punjab
Uprooted from their home, a Sikh family flee to the safety of the East Punjab carrying only meagre possessions

Long caravan of refugee Sikhs heading to Pakistan
A long column of refugee Sikh flee East Punjab to safety in Pakistan following the violent sectarian aftermath of the partition of India

Partition. Sikh and Hindu refugees in Western Punjab
Sikh and Hindu refugees from the Western Punjab cook their meals on a railway platform at Lahore awaiting trains to take them across the border to India. They are protected by wire put up by police

Indian troops in Salonica - 1916
Indian troops in Salonica during WWI

Indian (Commonwealth) soldier - WWI
Indian (Commonwealth) soldier on the Western Front during World War One, with a very impressive pipe!

A Black Outlook
Two Sikh soldiers, with bayonets fixed, wait to ambush a German Uhlan on horseback. Apart from the terrible pun of the title, the Indian divisions fighting with the Allies were greatly respected

Sikhs on the march
Indian troops on the march in September 1914. The Sikhs are identified by a stell quoit, the old-time national battlefield weapon of the Sikhs, in the Sepoys turbans

Asian Police Officer
Asian police officer wearing a turban instead of a helmet. Metropolitan Police

Elephants / Siege Mooltan
The houdah of Moolrajs elephant struck by a cannon ball during the Siege of Mooltan, Sikh War

Ww1 Indian Troops
Two Indian soldiers - a Brahman and a Sikh - fighting with the Allied forces during World War One

Military Dress / 19th Brit
British soldiers during the Sikh Wars (Her Majestys 32nd Regiment)

Wrecked Howitzer in Wwi
A Sikh soldier in the British army guards the remains of a howitzer which was blown up by a direct hit from German artillery

Cavalry Brigade at Work
Heliograph section of a Sikh cavalry brigade in the British army at work near a French tower

Clive and Omichund
Clive is confronted by the ghost of Omichund (Amir Chand) a Sikh merchant and intriguer who was tricked by British, but probably only after tricking them in his turn

Dhuleep Singh
DHULEEP SINGH as a boy Briefly the Sikh Maharaja of Lahore; after annexation by the British, he became a Christian and lived in England

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