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Black, post-bound album, 256x395mm, 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. Many groups of photographs have been given an overall caption and several individuals are identified. Most prints have a typed description on the back supplied by the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate. The title was stamped in gold on a leather label on the front cover but is now partly erased. A label on the inside front cover reads: 'Presented to the India Office Library by General Sir Geoffrey Scoones'. The album records the career of the Commander-in-Chief of India, Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, during the Second World War.

The following prints are included in the album: Prints 1-15 View of the departure of the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow and the arrival of his successor, Lord Wavell in October 1943; Prints 16-23 Inspection of the 12th Batt. the Sherwood Foresters at Delhi, 13th November 1943; Prints 24-39 Visiting troops on the Eastern frontier; Prints 40-50 Tour of Quetta; Prints 51-61 Visit to the King George's Royal Indian Military School at Jhelum; Prints 62-93 Tour of units in the North-West Frontier including Gwalior Pony Company, Indian Air Force, hospitals, Mountain Battery and Kashmir Infantry; Prints 94-100 The Viceroy, Lord Wavell, presenting VC's to Jamadar Ghaje Ghale of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles and the widow of Havildar-Major Chhelu Ram of the 6th Rajputana Rifles at a ceremony at the Red Fort, Delhi, on 5th January 1944; Prints 101-138 Visit to Bhopal State including inspection of the West African Division, presenting new colours to Gohar-i-Taj's Own Infantry, Guards of Honour and social life scenes; Prints 144-161 Visit to Rampur including tour of the Fort and factories; Prints 162-165 Inspection of the Delhi Wireless Company drawn from the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India); Prints 166-232 Miscellaneous subjects in unidentified locations including a hospital visit, parades and inspections, talks, training exercises, mock battles, sports, bands, ceremonies and a ballroom dance; Prints 234-238 Opening of the Auchinleck Aram Gah outside Delhi Main Station; Prints 239-279 Various inspections and visits including Gurkhas training and exercises of the King George's Own Bengal Sappers & Miners; Prints 280-284 Inspection of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; Prints 293-312 Visit to the Field Artillery Training Centre at Muttra in March 1944; Prints 319- 325 Public display by the Indian Armoured Corps in Delhi including a 'General Lee' tank; Prints 328-350 Garden party given by Auchinleck at the C-in-C's residence in New Delhi at which Indian Services staff and equipment were displayed for the benefit of members of the Indian Legislature and high-ranking military personnel.