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KING'S ORDERLY OFFICERS
Neg. No: L 11007
Neg. Size: 10"x12"
Neg. Date: 1-6-1928

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Subject: The King's Orderly Officers.[Indian]

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Sitters:

(1) Risaldar Jai Lal.
(2) Subadar Major Atmaram Ghadge.
(3) Major M.K. Macpherson (b. 1888).
(4) Subadar Major Manjirao Palande.
(5) Subadar Major Hon. Lieut. Ram Rup Singh.

Biog:

(1) 8 March 1908 - 1st Commission or enrolment; 17 June 1918 - Jemadar, 20th Royal Deccan Horse; 1922 - Jemadar, 9th Royal Deccan Horse; 1 March 1926 - Risaldar; 22 September 1935 to 1936 - Risaldar Major.
(2) 24 December 1915 - Jemadar, 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry; February 1920 - Subadar; 1922 Subadar, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry; 6 November 1926 to 1931 - Subadar Major.
(3) 9 September 1908 - 1st Commission; 9 February 1909 - Arrived in India, 12 Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment); 9 December 1910 - Lieutenant; 1 September 1915 - Captain; 9 June 1917 - Acting Major; 27 June 1918 to 14 April 1919 - Acting Major, 2nd Bombay Pioneers; 9 September 1924 - Major; 16 February 1932 to 1934 - Lieutenant Colonel.
(4) 18 January 1908 - 1st Commission or Enrolment, 105th Mahratta Light Infantry; 15 January 1915 - Jemadar; 10 January 1917 to 1922 - Subadar, 2/5th Mahratta Light Infantry; 16 November 1926 to 1931 - Subadar-Major.
(5) 30 June 1898 - 1st Commission or enrolment; 16 March 1914 - Jemadar; 1 November 1917 - Subadar; 1 February 1924 to 1929 - Subadar-Major, King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners.

Date: 1 June 1928.

Occasion: -

Location: The Lafayette studio, 160 New Bond Street, London.

Descr: FL, standing.

Uniform:

(1) 9th Royal Deccan Horse.
(2) 5th Mahratta Light Infantry.
(3) 2nd Bombay Pioneers.
(4) 5th Mahratta Light Infantry.
(5) King George's Own Bengal Sappers & Miners.

Orders, Decorations & Medals:

(1) Military Cross; 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal 1914-1920; Allied Victory Medal 1914-1920 [?]; Croix de Guerre, Belgium.
(2) Unidentified; 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal 1914-1920; Allied Victory Medal 1914-1920; Indian General Service Medal 1908-1935.
(3) 1914-1915 STar; British War Medal 1914-1920; Allied Victory Medal 1914-1920.
(4) 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal 1914-1920; Allied Victory Medal 1914-1920; Indian General Service Medal 1908-1935.
(5) Unidentified; unidentified; India Medal 1895-1902 [?]; 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal 1914-1920; Allied Victory Medal 1914-1920; India General Service Medal 1908-35; unidentified.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

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Acknowledgements: Mrs. S.K. Hopkins, Head of Department of Uniform, Badges and Medals, The National Army Museum, London.

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