14th battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry.

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  1. High Wood

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    76740 Major Peter Rignold Brough. Born 26th January 1918. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. 31st July 1938.

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    A/Captain. Ronald Bole Brown. ("Maufit"). Commissioned 23rd August 1941. A/Captain 23rd August 1941.

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    T/Captain. Charles William Northwood Boultwood. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. 10th September 1941. W.S Lieut. T/Capt.

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  4. High Wood

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    Guard Mounting, Dacca 1941. 14/5 Bn. The Mahratta Light Infantry.

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    River Steamer Dacca water front.

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    Mymensing, Bengal. February 1942.

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  7. High Wood

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    Move from Dacca to Cambellpur. 1942.
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    Dacca water front.
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    Dacca water front.

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    Dacca Pier.

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  11. High Wood

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    Peter, Self, Stares. Aboard the steamer. Major Peter Brough. John Little Jones, Stares, as yet unidentified.

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    A great study in garrison life in India during the war.
     
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    Mrs Coles. (The wife of T/Captain, Quarter Master Hugh Thomas Llewellyn Cole).

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    T/Captain, Quarter Master Hugh Thomas Llewellyn Cole. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. 5th May 1941. W.S. Lieut. 21st January 1942, T/Capt. 21st January 1942). Photograph taken some time later.

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  14. High Wood

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    "Jagger" Jog and Self. (Captain Vasant Shankar Jog. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. 1st August 1937. Lieut. 1st November 1939.Later T/Major, & Lieutenant J.E. Little Jones).

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    Jog and Gordon. (Captain Vasant Shankar Jog & Captain Desmond Wilson Gordon. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. 10th July 1941. W.S. Captain & T/Major. 10th July 1941).

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    Jog, Peter, Mrs Sathe. (Captain Vasant Shankar Jog, Major Peter Rignold Brough & Mrs Sathe wife of T/Major Vithal L. Sathe).

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  17. High Wood

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    Vithal Sathe. (Vithal L. Sathe. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 28th August 1938, W.S. Captain & T/Major, 28th November 1940. Later attached Staff College, Quetta).

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  18. High Wood

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    Photos taken on route from Dacca to Campbellpur 1942.

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    East India Railways Locomotive 1948.

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    More 1948.

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