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• Pagri (Turban) Indian Army

  (uniforms and insignia)

  First World War period Indian Army pagri (turban). The dress of the soldier serving in the Indian Army often reflected his race, religion and caste, and none moreso than his headdress. The turban (pagri, or lungi) could be worn in a variety of ways to...

• Indians Dismantling Fortifications, Pozières

  (art) Made by: Hill, Adrian

  image: a group of Indian infantrymen, all wearing distinctive Sikh turbans, dismantle a strongpoint near Pozières on the Western Front. The strongpoint consists of earth, brick, sandbags and corrugated iron and is the prominent feature in a flat, largely...

• Indians Loading a Train, Pozières Dump

  (art) Made by: Hill, Adrian

  image: Indian troops, wearing distinctive Sikh turbans, move timber and provisions from two military trucks to a waiting train in the background. Closer to the foreground three Indian soldiers carry a few planks of wood towards the viewer. The scene is...

• Battle of Arakan, 1943: Overlooking Japanese Positions at Rathedaung

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1943

  image: A soldier with a Bren machine gun, in a position overlooking wooded hills

• Battle of Arakan, 1943: A Command Post overlooking South Twin Hill

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1943

  image: Soldiers relaxing in an observation post in a jungle setting. Hanging from the webbing in front of them are Lee Enfield rifles, machetes, bayonets, a revolver, binoculars and a watch.

• Battle of Arakan, 1943: Advanced Brigade HQ; Rathedaung Front

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1943

  image: a few infantrymen stand beside a mule being loaded with equipment by one of the men, within a camp in the jungle. Another figure is visible further back, before a bamboo hut. The jungle is dense with foliage.

• Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford, KBE, CB, DSO, MC

  (art) Made by: Hailstone, Bernard 1945

  image: a half-length, seated portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford in uniform.

• Battle of Arakan, 1943: A Sampan Convoy on the Mayu River

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1943

  image: Three British soldiers on a Burmese sampan with oarsman standing centre of composition

• The Good Samaritan Inn, Talaat-ed-Dumm : halfway between Jericho and Jerusalem. The furthest hill with the trees on top is Mount Scopus

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-05-08

  image: a troop of Indian Lancers on horseback advance towards the viewer along a dusty road, passing the derelict inn. The road runs through a valley and there are further hills in the background.

• Jisr Benat Yakub

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-10-01

  image: a troop of Indian Lancers allowing their horses a drink of water on a riverbank. A road leads from the riverbank in the foreground, around and across an arched stone bridge before moving up a gently sloping hill. Further Lancers are visible all...