I have this wonderful little notebook, on the front page of which is written ‘Photos of the War taken in India and Mespot, 1914 to 1918′ . The book belonged to one of my father’s uncles and the photographs were taken by him also when he was in India and Iraq during that time period. From the photographs it would appear that he was stationed for at least some of his time in India, in the northern part of the country in a mountain village called Chakrata.
There are 53 photographs in all and they provide a fascinating insight into the India and ‘Mespot’ of the period.
Below is just a small selection of the photographs which I have scanned. I’ll also be scanning a few from the Mespot section of the notebook but for now enjoy these from India section.
The photograph below is a favourite just because of the comment accompanying it that even the ‘Late Lord Roberts had to take his boots off to go inside’!
