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In front, Surgeon-Major G. S. Robertson; behind from left to right: Lieutenant H. K. Harley, Lieutenant B. E. M. Gurdon, Captain C. V. F. Townshend
Sir George Scott Robertson was viewed as a true hero during the late Victorian era. He had extensively travelled through rugged Kafiristan (modern day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan), took part in the military expedition against Hunza–Nagar, and commanded the difficult yet successful defence of Chitral. He wrote his memoirs of the campaign: Chitral: The Story of a Minor Siege |
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