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Main Procession - Before the Indian Princes
What was the Delhi Durbar 1903 / Jun 28th, 2017 8:25 pm     A+ | a-
The Elephants before the Procession of the Indian Princes

The elephants of the Aides-de Camp

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The Group of the six elephants of the Aides-de-Camp, South side of the Jumma Masjid

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The six elephants, in front of the Town Hall

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Beau Geste Elephants of the Aides-de-Camp, only 4 for now

The Six elephants were the following:

1st elephant (left column)
Aides-de-camps to the Viceroy
Captain Baker-Carr
Captain Wigram

2nd elephant(right column)
Aides-de-camps to the Viceroy
Captain Yarde-Buller
Captain Lindsay

3rd elephant (left column)
Aides-de-camps to the Duke of Connaught
Colonel Leslie
Colonel Bingham

4th elephant(right column)
Aides-de-camps to the Duke of Connaught
Sir M. FitzGerald
Colonel Herbert

5th elephant (left column)
Walter Lawrence, Private Secretary to the Viceroy
Colonel Fenn, Surgeon to the Viceroy

6th elephant(right column)
H.S. Barnes, Esq., President of the Durbar Central Committee
Lt-Colonel Baring, Military Secretary to the Viceroy

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Beau Geste 1st elephant of the Aides-de-Camp (BG378)
Aides-de-camps to the Viceroy
Captain Baker-Carr
Captain Wigram


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Beau Geste 2nd elephant of the Aides-de-Camp (BG379)
Aides-de-Camp to the Viceroy
Captain Yarde-Buller
Captain Lindsay


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Beau Geste 3rd elephant of the Aides-de-Camp (BG380)
Aides-de-Camp to the Duke of Connaught
Colonel Leslie
Colonel Bingham


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Beau Geste 4th elephant of the Aides-de-Camp (BG381)
Aides-de-Camp to the Duke of Connaught
Sir M. FitzGerald
Colonel Herbert

Following the 6 elephants of the Aides-de-Camps, the elephants of Lord and Lady Curzon, and the elephant of the Duke and the Duchess of Connaught

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The Viceroy's elephant, in front of the Jumma Masjid (Gertrude Bell photo)
His elephant was lent by the Maharaja of Benares, and its name was 'Luchman Prasad'

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Same elephant, in front of the Town Hall

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Again the Viceroy, at the end of Chadni Chawk

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Detail of the previous photo

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The elephant of the Duke and Duchess, same spot as the photo above
Their elephant was named 'Maula Bakhsh', one of the finest elephants of the Maharaja of Jaipur

Ana
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