British soldiers with members of the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps, carrying water for troops, Sheik Nakhrur, 1917

Photograph, World War One Middle East (1914-1918), Palestine, 1917.

The Egyptian Camel Transport Corps were established in 1914. During the war they carried essential supplies to troops serving in the deserts of Egypt and Palestine.

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