Photo 18/5

Black, post-bound album, measuring 260 x 400 mm, containing 156 gelatin silver prints mounted with corner hinges and interleaved with tissue. Many of the hinges are torn or missing, resulting in loose or poorly mounted prints. The photographs are mostly uncaptioned although each group of prints is given a heading and date. A label on the inside front cover reads: 'Presented to the India Office Library by General Sir Geoffrey Scoones'. The photographs record the career of Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of India and include the following subjects: Prints 1-12 Label reads: 'Victory Week Delhi, March 1946'. Includes aerial views of New Delhi, gymnastic display by Sikh soldiers, Camel Corps, motorbike display team and a memorial service with Lord Wavell; Prints 13-20 Label reads: 'Wedding, Dehra Dun. Lt-Col R. Ridgeway and Chief Commander A. Collins'. Prints 21-26 Label reads: 'Ex-P.O.W. Tea Party, Commander-in-Chief's House, Delhi. April 1946'. Prints 27-34 Label reads: 'Inspection of the 7/1 Punjab and 9th Gurkhas. Delhi Cantonment, April/May 1946'. Prints 35-67 Label reads: 'Rawalpindi Tour. Campbellpore Wah Abbottobad Shinkiari. May 1946'. Includes medal ceremony, regimental groups, presenting colours, military band, medals awarded to the 1st Punjab Regiment; Prints 68-88 Label reads: 'Victory Parade, London, June 1946'. Includes Indian Army units marching past the Royal enclosure, the Indian Command meeting the King and Queen, the Royal enclosure with the Royal Family including the Queen Mother [Mary] and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret (Attlee and Churchill are sitting below on the right); Prints 69-95 Guard of Honour at an airfield inspected by a U.S. Army officer; Prints 96-105 Label reads: 'Lucknow Tour, July 1946'. Includes a medal ceremony and inspections; Prints 106-132 Label reads: 'Ranchi Tour, July 1946'. Includes inspections, salutes, military bands, regimental groups, tank and artillery units; Prints 133-142 Label reads: 'Ambala Tour, July 1946'. Includes presenting colours to Punjab regiments; Prints 143-156 Various portraits including Pethick-Lawrence with Mountbatten, group of high-ranking army officers in London including Auchinleck, Lord Wavell and his Executive Council in Delhi, Auchinleck with officers from the Bombay Grenadiers (?) and Auchinleck with Montgomery.