Khyber Rifles

[michael steinrok]

This morning on AMC King of the Khyber Rifles. Lots of military kilts and a pipe and drum band at the end! Tyrone Power 1953 in Color!

[highlandtide]

huh? ...

[Woodsheal]

It's a movie:

"King, of the Khyber Rifles", about the British fighting in India and Afghanistan in the mid-19th century. Good flick...!

[Big Paul]

RATS! I saw that it was on (didn't know what it was about) and did something else.... I will have to keep an eye out for it!

[michael steinrok]

It's a movie:

"King, of the Khyber Rifles", about the British fighting in India and Afghanistan in the mid-19th century. Good flick...!

Well British and Sepoys. But yeah, what he said.

[macwilkin]

Well British and Sepoys. But yeah, what he said.

A Sepoy is a private in the British Indian Army.

T.

[michael steinrok]

A Sepoy is a private in the British Indian Army.

T.

Well if they watch the movie they would have quessed that. But thanks for pointing that out to the uninitiated.

M

[macwilkin]

Well if they watch the movie they would have quessed that. But thanks for pointing that out to the uninitiated.

M

But of course...that is what we history teachers/librarians/park rangers are trained to do!

T.

[auld argonian]

I was under the impression that the Sepoys were native Indians who were part of the British Army.

Best

AA

[macwilkin]

I was under the impression that the Sepoys were native Indians who were part of the British Army.

Best

AA

That's what I said; privates in the British Indian Army, i.e. Indian troops in British service, which is different from the regular British Army. Perhaps I should have said, "Army of the Raj"?

T.