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• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917

  Performers of an Indian concert party at the Royal Ordnance Corps theatre, Baghdad, ca.1917. Some of the performers, including the female impersonators, have their faces whitened with flour. A note on the reverse of the original photograph states that...

• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917

  Troop train on the military railway between Basra and Nasiriya. The windows of the carriages are boarded to minimize the effects of fire from Arab snipers.

• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917

  Indian troops manning a 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun mouted in a railway wagon on the military railway between Basra and Nasiriya. Such armed wagons were used to protect troops and supply trains from attack by bands of hostile Arabs.

• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917

  A military outpost, manned by Indian troops, on the lines of communication between Basra and Nasiriya, ca.1917. This is typical of the small garrisons established to guard the transport and supply network from Arab raiding and Turkish attack.

• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917

  Preparations made at a prisoner of war camp near Baghdad to allow Turkish prisoners to have a bath.

• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917-04-22

  A field battery of the Royal Artillery about to come into action against Turkish positions south of Samarra railway station. Note the battery commander using a limber pole ladder to spot for his guns.

• wallet, embroidered

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Embroidered cloth wallet associated with the First World War service of W A Bullock, 7th Gloucestershire Regiment, in Mesopotamia.

• SERVICE OF CAPTAIN DE ST CROIX WITH THE 119TH INDIAN INFANTRY (THE MOOLTAN REGIMENT) IN MESOPOTAMIA DURING 1915

  part of "DE ST CROIX AUBREY (CAPTAIN)" Made by: De St Croix, Aubrey (Photographer)

  Standing patrol of the 33rd (Queen Victoria's Own) Light Cavalry near Quarna.

• SERVICE OF CAPTAIN DE ST CROIX WITH THE 119TH INDIAN INFANTRY (THE MOOLTAN REGIMENT) IN MESOPOTAMIA DURING 1915

  part of "DE ST CROIX AUBREY (CAPTAIN)" (photographs) Made by: De St Croix, Aubrey (Photographer)

  Sepoys of No.1 Double Company, 119th Infantry, at alarm posts in No.5 defence work at Mazeera during early 1915.

• Babylon

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: A view of the ruins of an ancient town seen from a rocky cliff.