Indian troops marching through New Street, Baghdad, 1917

Photograph, World War One, Mesopotamia, 1917.

Mounted officers lead the 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry through Baghdad. British and Indian troops entered Baghdad, the principal city of Turkish-controlled Mesopotamia, on 11 March 1917.

From album of 103 official photographs, 1910 (c) -1918. Compiled by Col A H McCleverty, 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry.