Catalogue description Auchinleck Collection: Album relating to Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck as Command-in-Chief, India, during the Second World War. Photographer(s): Inter-Services PR Directorate.

Black, post-bound album, 263x394mm, containing prints mounted with corner hinges, three or four to a page and interleaved with tissue. There are also a number of loose prints in the inside back cover. Many of the hinges are torn or missing resulting in loose or poorly mounted prints. The photographs are mostly uncaptioned although a few have descriptions on the back which have been added later. A label on the inside front cover reads: 'Presented to the India Office Library by General Sir Geoffrey Scoones'. The album records the tour of India by the Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, during the Second World War. The following subjects are included: Prints 2-8 Visit to a hospital for the wounded; Prints 11-18 Inspecting troops; Prints 20-21 Inspecting manoeuvres; Prints 30-43 Inspecting the Indian Navy; Prints 46-54 Inspecting the Indian Air Force; Prints 55-60 Guest of a Maharaja in an unidentified state; Prints 61-63 Hunting with Maharaja Sir Sawai Man Singh and Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur; Prints 65-86 Visit to Rampur including munitions factory and local 'Olympics'; Prints 87-98 Medal ceremony at the Red Fort, Delhi, with the Viceroy, Lord Wavell; Prints 104-113 In the NWFP; Print 115 Gurkha paratroopers; Prints 117-128 In Amritsar including visit to Golden Temple, parade and prize-giving ceremony; Prints 133-164 Various parades, mock battles, training exercises and displays; Prints 165-167 Awarding medals; Prints 169-170 Visiting a school; Prints 173-174 Visiting factories including one producing binoculars; Prints 182-194 With the 16th Punjab Regiment including the Boys' Company during training, boxing and inspection; Prints 196-199 Scenes on an aeroplane; Prints 202-207 Visiting a hospital; Prints 210 and 212 Training exercise with landing-craft; Prints 217-244 Various views of inspections, ceremonies, visits and training exercises; Prints 245-248 Meeting Naga warriors; Print 263 Shield awarded to the Indian Services boxing champion; Prints 264-265 Royal Garhwal Rifles Boys Company.

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Presented by General Sir Geoffrey Scoone date U/K.