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Indian donkey transport, New Street, Baghdad, 1917

Photograph, World War One, Mesopotamia, 1917.

A column of men from the 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry march through Baghdad with donkeys loaded with supplies and ammunition. British and Indian troops entered Baghdad, the principal city of Turkish-controlled Mesopotamia, on 11 March 1917.

From album of 103 official photographs compiled by Colonel A H McCleverty, 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1965-10-221-81

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1965-10-221-81

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