Photograph taken of a contingent of soldiers arranged in rows in front of a building, all of whom face the viewer. The photograph was probably taken at Secunderabad, where the Prince of Wales attended a review of troops that comprised the 5th cavalry Brigade, the Hyderabad State Troops, the Royal Field Artillery and the 9th Armoured Car Company.    

On October 26 1921, Edward, Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to begin a tour of the Indian Subcontinent and Japan that covered 41,000 miles, lasting 8 months. Prince Edward spent four months in India, travelling from Bombay to Calcutta and then from Madras to Karachi. As the British Empire's Ambassador, the Prince visited India on behalf of his father King George V, to thank the nation for the essential role it had played during the First World War. Moreover, the visit was intended to strengthen links between Britain and its Empire at a time of increasing calls for Indian independence.