Army Installations / Centers / Camps / Posts, before independence
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Post Office, Cherat, Nowshera, 1905 (c).
Illustrated postcards often celebrated the post offices that made their rapid spread possible.
This was a particularly popular postcard even though Cherat, 4,500 feet above sea level, was a distant army cantonment in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP, Now KPK).
From here many British military expeditions were launched along the Afghan frontier, and it is likely that Baljee, the photographer who published it, often came through as he accompanied the troops as a military photographer.
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Army Hill Station, Cherat, Nowshera, 1930 (c).
This area was important for British India due to its strategic importance.
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Cherat Cantonment, Nowshera, 1870 (c).
Cherat, on the west of the Khattak range of hills was established as a sanatorium in 1861 by the British so that troops in the North-West Frontier Province could escape the heat and disease of the Peshawar valley. It was declared a cantonment in 1886 and became the summer headquarters of troops in the Peshawar area.
From an Album of Miscellaneous views in India, taken in the 1870's (c).
© British Library
Post Office, Cherat, Nowshera, 1905 (c).
Illustrated postcards often celebrated the post offices that made their rapid spread possible.
This was a particularly popular postcard even though Cherat, 4,500 feet above sea level, was a distant army cantonment in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP, Now KPK).
From here many British military expeditions were launched along the Afghan frontier, and it is likely that Baljee, the photographer who published it, often came through as he accompanied the troops as a military photographer.
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Army Hill Station, Cherat, Nowshera, 1930 (c).
This area was important for British India due to its strategic importance.
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Cherat Cantonment, Nowshera, 1870 (c).
Cherat, on the west of the Khattak range of hills was established as a sanatorium in 1861 by the British so that troops in the North-West Frontier Province could escape the heat and disease of the Peshawar valley. It was declared a cantonment in 1886 and became the summer headquarters of troops in the Peshawar area.
From an Album of Miscellaneous views in India, taken in the 1870's (c).
© British Library
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Officers And VCOs Of 6/13 Frontier Force Rifles (Earlier 59th Scinde Rifles And Now 1 FF In The Pakistan Army) Photographed At Razmak In Waziristan In 1938. Interesting To See How The Indian Officers Fared In Their Later Careers.
Musa Tops Of Course As A Full General And CinC, Pakistan Army For 8 Years. Army Commander - Kashmir Katoch, MC. Lt Gen - Bakhtiar Rana Pakistan Army). Maj General - Nazir Ahmad (Pakistan Army, Dismissed Because Of His Involvement In The Rawalpindi Conspiracy, 1951) Brigadiers - VD Jayal, DSO, Kl Atal, MVC And Bikram Ajit Singh Bajwa (Later Director, Military Farms). The VCOs All Wear Turbans In Keeping With The Times.
Officers And VCOs Of 6/13 Frontier Force Rifles (Earlier 59th Scinde Rifles And Now 1 FF In The Pakistan Army) Photographed At Razmak In Waziristan In 1938. Interesting To See How The Indian Officers Fared In Their Later Careers.
Musa Tops Of Course As A Full General And CinC, Pakistan Army For 8 Years. Army Commander - Kashmir Katoch, MC. Lt Gen - Bakhtiar Rana Pakistan Army). Maj General - Nazir Ahmad (Pakistan Army, Dismissed Because Of His Involvement In The Rawalpindi Conspiracy, 1951) Brigadiers - VD Jayal, DSO, Kl Atal, MVC And Bikram Ajit Singh Bajwa (Later Director, Military Farms). The VCOs All Wear Turbans In Keeping With The Times.
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Razmak Camp, Waziristan, NWF, 1940 (c).
During the spring of 1922 it was decided to locate the main garrison of Waziristan at Razmak. The self-contained cantonment, capable of holding 10,000 men, was established in January 1923. New roads linking the garrisons and camps in the area were constructed to permit speedier troop movements.
From an album of 328 photographs compiled by Captain H G L Brain, 6th Royal Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Instructor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
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Razmak Camp, Waziristan, NWF, 1940 (c).
During the spring of 1922 it was decided to locate the main garrison of Waziristan at Razmak. The self-contained cantonment, capable of holding 10,000 men, was established in January 1923. New roads linking the garrisons and camps in the area were constructed to permit speedier troop movements.
From an album of 328 photographs compiled by Captain H G L Brain, 6th Royal Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Instructor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
© National Army Museum
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