Indian Contingent on board 'Czarewitch', 1884 (c)
Photograph, 1st Sudan War, 1884 (c).
Large numbers of Indian Army troops were shipped from India to Sudan to help defend the few remaining outposts left in Anglo-Egyptian hands after the fall of Khartoum, Kassala and Sennar to Mahdist forces in 1885.
From album of 72 photograph taken by the Royal Engineers with the Suakin Field Force.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1972-11-91-13
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1972-11-91-13
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