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Afghanistan 1880 Military Group Photo - Siege of Kandahar

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Note that the correspondence between the named persons and the individuals shown on the photo is not 100 per cent.

In addition to those named underneath the photo, those standing are given as, L to R,:

 

Sowar, Poona Horse, Surgeon Captain Edge. Lieutenant Clewes. Q Mr R. F. Lieutenant Drummond Wolfe. Officer, Bombay Infantry. Colonel La Touche, Poona Horse. (Unnamed) Mess Sergeant, R. F. Colonel Caldecut, R. A. (Unnamed) Colonel Hills, R. A. Captain Stewart, Poona Horse. Captain Alban, 1st Bombay Grenadiers, Serjt Major Richards, R.F. Lieutenant Claude Herbert, R. F. Sowar, Poona Horse

 

The majority of personnel are serving in the Royal Fusiliers. What particular role the 7th Royal Fusiliers played in the siege I'm not able to say. It was the final act of the 2nd Anglo-Afghan War. For a brief description, here is the Wikipedia link

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar

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