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Soldiers from the 1st Manchester Regiment halt for dinner during a march, 1916

Photograph, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918), 1916.

The 1st Battalion landed at Basra on 8 January 1916 with the 3rd (Lahore) Division. It remained in Mesopotamia until March 1918 when it transferred to Egypt and Palestine.

From collection of 265 photographs compiled by Major W Leith-Ross, Indian Army Staff, 1915-1917.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1983-12-72-250

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1983-12-72-250