Kabul, Bala Hissar, June 1880

Almost frontal view of the northern facade of the main building in the R.E. Quarters in the lower Bala Hissar. In the upper background the crenelated walls leading to the upper Bala Hissar are seen. Standing behind the open windows are the same officers as present in the group photograph, on verso [Royal Engineers officers seated outside building]. Upper row, from left to right: 1 Capt. M.C. Brackenbury, field engineer with Kabul Field Force 2 Lt. G.H. Sim 3 Lieut. George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff 4 Major/Colonel G. Hills, C.R.G. 5 Lieut. C. Maxwell, Adjutant 6 Lieut. G.H.B. Gordon 7 Lieut. J.B. Fullerton or Randolph (?) 8 Colonel W. North 9 Lieut. A.H. Kenny. Lower row, from left to right: 10 Lieut. J.C.L. Campbell, Cdt No. 2 Coy Bengal S&M 11 Captain C.H.M. Kensington 12 Lieut. H. Whistler Smith, superintendent of army signalling 13 The little dog lies almost at the same place as in photo on verso Almost frontal view of the northern facade of the main building in the R.E. Quarters in the lower Bala Hissar. In the upper background the crenelated walls leading to the upper Bala Hissar are seen. Standing behind the open windows are the same officers as present in the group photograph, on verso [Royal Engineers officers seated outside building]. Upper row, from left to right: 1 Capt. M.C. Brackenbury, field engineer with Kabul Field Force 2 Lt. G.H. Sim 3 Lieut. George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff 4 Major/Colonel G. Hills, C.R.G. 5 Lieut. C. Maxwell, Adjutant 6 Lieut. G.H.B. Gordon 7 Lieut. J.B. Fullerton or Randolph (?) 8 Colonel W. North 9 Lieut. A.H. Kenny. Lower row, from left to right: 10 Lieut. J.C.L. Campbell, Cdt No. 2 Coy Bengal S&M 11 Captain C.H.M. Kensington 12 Lieut. H. Whistler Smith, superintendent of army signalling 13 The little dog lies almost at the same place as in photo on verso Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)