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Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, dig 'bear pits' or fox holes, 21 March 2003

Digital photograph by WO2 Giles Penfound, Army Media Operations, Operation TELIC, 2003.

The holes were dug by the side of the road during the battalion's journey north into Iraq to provide some measure of protection against possible Iraqi artillery strikes.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2005-01-67-14

Copyright/Ownership

Crown Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2005-01-67-14