Soldiers from the 1st Manchester Regiment halt for dinner during a march, 1916
Photograph, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918), 1916.
The 1st Battalion landed at Basra on 8 January 1916 with the 3rd (Lahore) Division. It remained in Mesopotamia until March 1918 when it transferred to Egypt and Palestine.
From collection of 265 photographs compiled by Major W Leith-Ross, Indian Army Staff, 1915-1917.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1983-12-72-250
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1983-12-72-250