British troops boarding a train on the desert railway, Libya, 1916

Photograph, World War One, Middle East (1914-1918), Libya, 1916.

Image caption states:'Outside No 2 Blockhouse. Troops travelling by rail to No 6 B House.'

Construction on the desert railway began in February 1916. It eventually spanned hundreds of miles across the Sinai peninsula, providing troops and supplies to the front line.

From a collection of photographs taken by Corporal Joseph Egerton, Shropshire Yeomanry in Sinai and Palestine.