Frontier soldiers giving an operational demonstration, North West Frontier, 1944 circa (b/w photo)

Frontier soldiers giving an operational demonstration, North West Frontier, 1944 circa. Photograph, World War Two, North West Frontier of India, 1944 circa. The Frontier Corps consisted of a number of scout units stationed in the tribal territories. They were spread out from the Pir Punjal and Karakoram ranges in the north, through the Kurrum Valley, Waziristan, Baluchistan, and to Iran in the southwest. The men of the scout units were recruited from various frontier tribes and its British officers were seconded from the Indian Army. From a collection of 233 official photographs collected by Captain Roy Wiltshire in his capacity as Editor of the Indian Army Review.