Beastly hot that day. Beastly, I say. The only way to survive the heat, humidity, and the insects was a good supply of tonic - with a goodly amount of gin in it, taken over ice.
All those Sikhs were plotting to kill the Englishman. I know. I saw RRR. Those two Hindus killed more British soldiers than were lost in the first day at the Battle of the Somme. Great Bollywood song and dance number too.
Beastly hot that day. Beastly, I say. The only way to survive the heat, humidity, and the insects was a good supply of tonic - with a goodly amount of gin in it, taken over ice.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many of those guys in the picture (officer included) survived WW1?
ReplyDeletegreat gran born there wonder if she knew these guys
ReplyDeletethe tonic was treatment for malaria==grandfather had it-- so g and t became national drink
ReplyDeleteoops g-gran not born there. born in bengal
ReplyDeletelived in meerut after marriage
was married in hyderabad
her father doctor with east india
east india company sorry brain cylinders missing
ReplyDeleteGhurka unit ? Those folks knew how to party, they didn't leave take any prisoners.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not Gurkhas, facially very different and not a kukhri in sight.
DeleteAll those Sikhs were plotting to kill the Englishman. I know. I saw RRR. Those two Hindus killed more British soldiers than were lost in the first day at the Battle of the Somme. Great Bollywood song and dance number too.
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