South Asia, Pakistan, Northwest Frontier, Kabul River

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STRANG, Gunner Peter (1888-1953)

  • STRANG
  • Collection
  • 1916-1918

Photographs collected by Gunner Peter Strang during tour of India, 1916-1918. Images include portrait photograph of soldier in uniform, possibly Strang; views of the Club, Military Accounts Office and Soldiers Home in Rawalpindi; views of camps, forts and bridges including Camp Subhan Khwar, North West Frontier Province, Peshawar Fort, Gamrood (Jamrud) Fort, Shab Khadar Fort and Attock Bridge; views of Murree town and the Murree Hills including Bagnotar village and camp; views of the Baljee Hills and a group photograph of a unit at Baljee; view of a village destroyed for harbouring snipers; four photographs showing a mill on the Kabul River shelled where a band of Afridi raiders had taken cover, including photograph of one of the men killed; photograph labelled 'at the larder' showing the heads of ten deer lined up outside a building; scenes of village life including ploughing, a barber at work, shoeing cattle, making pots, buffalo loaded with cotton, construction workers sawing beams and making bricks, an ox turning a water wheel, elephants pulling heavy equipment, and a baggage camel convoy; Tibetan methods for disposal of the dead including feeding to dogs and birds, skinning and exposing in remote areas; equipment including a 2.75 inch mountain gun; and Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery mules pictured with their loads, including pioneer mule, wheel and axle mule, ammunition mule, trail mule, carriage mule, cradle mule, breech mule, chase mule, 1 ammunition mule and 2 ammunition mule. Also cutting of pictures from article entitled 'Our "Far-Flung Battle Line": Breaking up Indian Frontier Raids' showing convoys of troops moving through the Shahur Tangi Valley.

Strang, Peter, 1888-1953, Gunner

NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, INDIA: watercolour and sketches, 1909-1913

  • MISC85
  • Collection
  • 1909-1913

Watercolours and sketches of the North West Frontier Province, India, 1909-1913, by an unknown artist. Views of Himalayan landscapes, forts and outposts including the Landi Kotal Camp, Khargali [Kargil] Heights, Michni Kandao Post, Kabul River, Fort Jamrud, Khyber Pass, Suru fort and Matanni; views of towns, streets and bridges including Sumbal, Bihara, Sopor and the Mar Canal in Srinagar; views of ruins including Takht (Takht-i-Bahi) from the Dal Lake and the Sun Temple, Martand; and landscapes including the Swat River from the Landakai Ridge and the Lower Tochi Valley.