India Postcard of Sikh Soldiers 1914 disembarking from a ship arriving in France a fine postcard of Sikh soldiers disembarking from a ship arriving in France, Marseille dated 1914. India Early Photo of a Sikh Gent c1870 by Beattie & Bark. Beattie & Bark were photographers to her Majesty the Queen and HRH the Prince of Wales. This Sikh gent was probably a visitor to England during the reign of Queen Victoria.