Allied troops inside one of Tsingtao's forts, November 1914

Photograph, World War One, Far East (1914-1918), 1914.

The German naval base of Tsingtao (Qingdao) in China was captured by the Allies on 7 November 1914 following a two month siege. Around 4,700 Germans were captured and sent on to Japan for internment.

From an album of 24 photographs presented to Brig Gen, later Maj Gen, Nathaniel Walter Barnardiston.