9.5in x 7.5in (24.5cm x 19cm) vintage photograph by Stewart & Son of Poona, India.
Small caption reads "R.A.T.A." (Royal Army Temperance Association).
Military and others.
Inscribed to the reverse "Opening of Connaught Institute. Poon Sept 7th 1904"
Sitters named on the reverse. My best attempt to decipher them -
Captain Dyson, Royal Scots, D.A.A.G.
Colonel Carey 59th
Dean Ross
General Richardson
Colonel Paterson 93rd
2. M. Sgt 93rd
2. M. Sgt Haig 59th
S.M. 93rd
S.M. Shaw 59th
Self Hon Sec & Station Staff Officer
Mr de Coetlogon ?????? Manager
Mr Clark White?
Lieutenant General Sir George Lloyd Reilly Richardson KCB (1847 – 1931) British Indian Army officer. A veteran of the Second Anglo-Afghan War and Boxer Rebellion, and later commander of the Ulster Volunteer Force in Ireland.
General Officer Commanding Poona Division in 1904.
Poor to fair condition. 1.5in closed tear to top edge, small loss to top left corner, other edge creasing and small closed edge tears. Faint foxing and marking.
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