First camp of Indian troops, 1914
Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1914.
In October 1914 an Indian Corps under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir James Willcocks, including cavalry units, arrived in France. While the infantry were withdrawn to Mesopotamia in December 1915, most of the cavalry remained on the Western Front until 1918.
From a box of 50 lantern slides.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1978-11-157-29-15
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-29-15
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