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British soldiers rescue a comrade from the sea whilst bathing near Gaza, 1917

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

Image caption states: 'Nearly a bathing fatality - one of our chaps being rescued from the sea, 4 miles behind Gaza'.

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

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2002-05-1-27

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2002-05-1-27