Sujet

'The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V.C. at Dargai', 1897, (1939). Artist: Unknown.

Légende

'The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V.C. at Dargai', 1897, (1939). The Storming of the Dargai Heights by the 1st Gordon Highlanders and the Gurkhas, 1897. Fighting between British troops and Afridi tribesmen on the North-West Frontier (a province of British India and later of Pakistan) on 20 October 1897, during the Tirah Campaign. Four Victoria Crosses were awarded after the action. One of the recipients was piper George Findlater who continued to play to encourage his battalion's advance, despite having been wounded. From Battles for the Flag, a set of cards given away with British boys' comic The Wizard. [D. C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, 1939]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1939

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D45_378

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

76,7Mo (4,2Mo) / 55,1cm x 34,9cm / 6512 x 4117 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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