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Object description
Album 1 contains: portraits of Field Marshal Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India and his wife, at the Viceroy's House in Delhi; various scenes at the Viceroy's Leave Camp showing views of the interior and exterior of the house and portraits of officers relaxing whilst on leave. This includes portraits of: Lieutenants Cameron, Hall, Parrott, Shawyer, Anthony Liddell, Beare, Pattison, Bewley, Peter Langton Smith, Major P Coats, Comptroller of the Viceroy's household, Cadet Campbell, Pilot Officer Walker, Captain Macnab and Mrs De Bathe, secretary to Lady Wavell; portraits of the Honorable Felicity Wavell, Lord and Lady Wavell's daughter, at Tughlakabad and at Humayun's Tomb; scenes showing Lord Wavell and family, sightseeing at Tughlakabad; views of the Jama Masjid Mosque, Old Delhi; portraits of locals such as a rag merchant displaying his wares; views of the Red Fort; portraits of Admiral Godfrey and Mrs Godfrey; views of Jaipur column from the Viceroy's House; portraits of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten; portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferte; scenes showing the presentation of VCs by Lord Wavell at Delhi Fort in January 1944, including: views of Lord Wavell and General Sir Claude Auchinleck on the saluting base during the march past and Lord Wavell presenting a VC to the widow of Company Havildar Major Chhelu Ram; views of the Viceregal thrones, the Drawing Room and the gardens at the Viceroy's House, Delhi; scene in a gun and shell factory in Cossipore, Calcutta showing the final inspection of shells; scenes showing the 14th Army Unit on the Arakan Front including: men sorting out stores and resting during a break in operations, portraits of General Gordon Grimsdale and of Sergeant Robinson in a field hospital; portraits of Squadron Leader Archer at an RAF airfield on the Indo-Burmese border; portraits of Mrs Paterson, wife of Lieutenant Colonel U J Paterson, officer commanding the 2nd Battalion, Bombay Grenadiers.